MONDAY 10-5-15
ET:
START A NEW PAGE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK AND TRANSFER
THIS ORGANIZATION CHART FOR CHAPTER 4
LO:
• EXPLAIN THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT
PLAN OF THE DAY
• GO OVER TEST QUESTIONS
• START SECTION 4.1
• WATCH A VIDEO EXPLAINING THE GREENHOUSE
EFFECT
CHAPTER 3 REFLECTION
• ON THE BACK SIDE OF YOUR SCANTRON FORM ANSWER THESE
QUESTIONS:
• DID YOU STUDY FOR CHAPTER 3 TEST?
• HOW MANY HOUR DID YOU STUDY?
• WHAT RESOURCES DID YOU USE TO STUDY?
TUESDAY 10-6-15
2ND ENTRY TASK FOR CHAPTER 4 – ECOSYSTEMS AND
COMMUNITIES
ET:
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLIMATE AND
WEATHER?
LO:
• EXPLAIN FACTORS THAT AFFECT CLIMATE
• EXPLAIN THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT
PLAN OF THE DAY
• START SECTION 4.1
• WATCH A VIDEO EXPLAINING THE GREENHOUSE
EFFECT
• MAKE A CLIMATE GRAPH
• DESCRIBE THE CLIMATE HERE IN WASHINGTON.
WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCE IT
• DESCRIBE
FACTORS
FACTORS AFFECTING GLOBAL CLIMATE
• SOLAR ENERGY TRAPPED IN THE
BIOSPHERE (GREENHOUSE EFFECT)
• LATITUDE
• TRANSPORT OF HEAT BY WINDS AND
OCEAN CURRENTS
WHAT IS THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT?
• IN YOUR NOTEBOOK, EXPLAIN IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHAT IS THE
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
• HTTP://WWW.HHMI.ORG/BIOINTERACTIVE/GREENHOUSE-EFFECT
• HTTP://OCEANSERVICE.NOAA.GOV/FACTS/CURRENT.HTML
PLEASE WRITE THIS QUESTIONS IN YOUR
JOURNAL AND ANSWER AS A REFLECTION
BEFORE YOU GO OR FINISH AS HOMEWORK
FOR TOMORROW
• WHICH ARE THE MAIN GREEN HOUSE GASES
MENTIONED IN VIDEO?
• WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE EARTH WOULD
NOT HAVE THE “GREENHOUSE EFFECT”?
INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE GRAPHS
(CLIMATOGRAPH PG. 112-115)
• YOU ARE TO MAKE A BAR
GRAPH FOR THE PRECIPITATION
DATA.
• THEN PLOT THE TEMPERATURE
DATA AS A LINE GRAPH
• USE THE CLIMATE GRAPH ON
PG. 111 AS A GUIDE
WEDNESDAY 10-7-15
3RD ENTRY TASK FOR CHAPTER 4 – ECOSYSTEMS
AND COMMUNITIES
ET:
IN BIOLOGICAL TERMS, WHAT IS COMPETITION?
LO:
EXPLAIN THE TERM NICHE
EXPLAIN THE COMPETITIVE EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE
PLAN OF THE DAY
• SECTION 4.2- NICHES AND COMMUNITY
INTERACTIONS
• LEMUR ARTICLE AND QUESTIONS
HABITAT: WHERE AN ORGANISM LIVES
• THE RANGE OF PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL
CONDITIONS IN WHICH A SPECIES LIVES AND THE
WAY IT OBTAINS WHAT IT NEEDS TO SURVIVE AND
REPRODUCE = NICHE
1. RESOURCES – WATER, NUTRIENTS, LIGHT, FOOD, SPACE
2. PHYSICAL ASPECTS – CLIMATE (MOISTURE ETC..)
3. BIOLOGICAL – REPRODUCTION, FOOD
TOLERANCE
• THE ABILITY TO SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE UNDER A
RANGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CIRCUMSTANCES
COMPETITIVE EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE
• NO TWO SPECIES CAN OCCUPY THE SAME NICHE, IN THE SAME PLACE, AT THE
SAME TIME
• WITH YOUR GROUP, DECIDE
ON A CLAIM TO EXPLAIN
WHAT YOU OBSERVE IS
HAPPENING TO THESE TWO
SPECIES OF BACTERIA OVER
TIME
• BE PREPARE TO SHARE YOUR
CLAIM WITH THE CLASS
BAMBOO LEMURS
• SHARE RESOURCES?
THURSDAY 10-8-15
NO ENTRY TASK – SUB TODAY
ET:
LO:
HOW RESOURCE SHARING SHAPE ECOSYSTEMS
PLAN OF THE DAY
• LEMUR ARTICLE SHARE YOUR ANSWERS WITH
YOUR GROUP
• WORK ON THE STUDY GUIDE
FRIDAY 10-9-15
4TH ENTRY TASK FOR CHAPTER 4 – ECOSYSTEMS AND
COMMUNITIES
ET:
WHY ARE THE LEMURS ON THE ARTICLE YOU READ
ABLE TO SURVIVE WHEN THEY ARE USING SAME FOOD
RESOURCE?
LO:
HOW DOES RESOURCE SHARING SHAPE ECOSYSTEMS?
PREDATOR PREY INTERACTIONS
PLAN OF THE DAY
• LEMUR ARTICLE SHARE YOUR ANSWERS WITH
YOUR GROUP
• BIRDS ON A TREE ACTIVITY
• RESOURCE SHARING SHAPING AN ECOSYSTEM
– ARGUMENTATION SESSION
• Species may divide
up the resources in
stead of competing
for them
Sharing Resources
KEYSTONE SPECIES: A SPECIES WHO’S
SURVIVAL IS “KEY” TO STABILITY OF THE
ECOSYSTEM
• READ ARTICLE ON KEYSTONE SPECIES AND ANSWER
QUESTIONS HOMEWORK DUE MONDAY 12
MONDAY 10-12-15
5TH ENTRY TASK FOR CHAPTER 4 – ECOSYSTEMS AND
COMMUNITIES
ET: EXPLAIN WHAT IS HAPPENING
TO THE WOLF AND THE DEER
POPULATION ON THIS GRAPH.
LO:
HOW PREDATOR PREY INTERACTIONS SHAPE ECOSYSTEMS
TYPES OF SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS
PLAN OF THE DAY
• PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION ACTIVITY
• THE LINX AND THE HARE SIMULATION
HOW DOES PREDATION AND HERBIVORY
SHAPE COMMUNITIES?
• PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIPS:
THIS IMPACTS THE SIZE AND
LOCATION OF PREY
POPULATIONS
• EX. BIRDS OF PREY CONTROL
THE POPULATION SIZE, FEEDING
AND LOCATION OF VARIOUS
SMALL MAMMALS
• HERBIVORE-PLANT RELATIONSHIPS:
THIS IMPACTS THE SIZE AND
LOCATION OF PLANT
POPULATIONS.
• EX. WHITE TAILED DEAR FEEDING
ON THEIR FAVORITE PLANT FOOD
SOURCE
BIOLOGY
10-14-15
6TH ENTRY TASK FOR CHAPTER 4
ET:
• How is a predator different than a parasite?
LO:
• DIFFERENT TYPES OF SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS
PLAN OF THE DAY
• REVIEW QUESTIONS AND GRAPH FOR THE
PREDATOR PREY ACTIVITY
• SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS
• NOTES ABOUT ORGANISMS INTERACTIONS
ACTIVITY
SHARE YOUR RESULTS FOR PREDATOR
PREY ACTIVITY
• SHARE WITH OTHER GROUPS YOUR GRAPH DISCUSS SIMILARITIES
AND DIFFERENCES
SYMBIOSIS
• MUTUALISM -  + 
(BOTH BENEFIT)
EX. CLOWN FISH AND SEA ANEMONES
• PARASITISM -  + 
(ONE BENEFITS + ONE IS HARMED)
EX. LEECH ON A HUMAN
• COMMENSALISM -  + NEUTRAL
(ONE BENEFITS + ONE IS NEUTRAL)
EX. BARNACLES ON A GREY WHALE
ORGANISMS INTERACTION ACTIVITIES
BIOLOGY
10-15-15
7TH ENTRY TASK FOR CHAPTER 4
ET:
1.
2.
3.
4.
LO:
5.
• HOW DO ECOSYSTEMS DEVELOP OVER TIME?
PLAN OF THE DAY
• SECTIONS 4.1, 4.2, AND 4.3 QUIZ
• SUCCESSION POGIL ACTIVITY
BIOLOGY
10-16-15
7TH ENTRY TASK FOR CHAPTER 4
ET:
• THIS FIGURE SHOWS SUCCESSION IN AN
ECOSYSTEM. WHAT ORGANISMS ARE FOUND IN
THE CLIMAX COMMUNITY FOR THIS ECOSYSTEM?
LO:
• DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
SUCCESSION
PLAN OF THE DAY
• FINISH AND REVIEW SUCCESSION POGIL
ACTIVITY
• FINISH WORKBOOK
BIOLOGY
10-20-15
8TH ENTRY TASK FOR CHAPTER 4
ET:
• GET YOUR CHAPTER 4 STUDY GUIDE
WORKBOOK OUT. GO THROUGH THE
QUESTIONS AND MARK WITH AN ASTERISK
THE ONES YOU STRUGGLED WITH.
LO:
CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE ON CHAPTER 4 –
ECOSYSTEMS AND COMMUNITIES
PLAN OF THE DAY
• CHAPTER 4 TEST
• FIELD OBSERVATIONS