Welcome to Environmental systems!
08/26/2013
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 Grab one of each of the following and put your
name on it:
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1. file folder
2. student information card (fill it out completely)
3. popsicle stick
4. scratch sheet of paper—fold into a tent and write
your name on it just like the example on the board
and place it in front of you. You will place this name
tent in front of your for two weeks until schedule
changes are complete.
Materials list THESE ARE DUE WEDNESDAY
 Take
5-10 minutes to fill out this information
ES Warm Up Aug 26th, 2013
 Grab
a white board and a dry erase marker
from the back of the class and answer the
following questions:
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1. What do you think environmental systems is
about?
2. What would you like to learn in environmental
systems?
3. Look at the objects around the room. Where
do all the resources come from for these
objects? Try to name as many as you can think
of.
Now I need a volunteer to write the student’s
answers on the board.
Answers to Warm Up Aug 26th, 2013
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1. What do you think environmental systems is about?
Environmental Systems explores the nature of science and the
natural world. Students examine environmental issues and learn
to make informed decisions using scientific problem solving.
Specific topics include ecological interactions, matter and
energy flow in ecosystems, biodiversity, characteristics and
growth of populations, evolution, succession, biogeochemical
cycles, soil and land resources, agriculture, waste management,
and characteristics of terrestrial biomes. UT@Austin K-12 Ed
2. What would you like to learn in environmental systems?
Answers will vary
3. Look at the objects around the room. Where do all the
resources come from for these objects? Try to name as many as
you can think of. Gypsum for wall board, plastic from petroleum,
iron, nickle and zinc for the various metal objects, pressed
particle board from wood, calcium carbonate, copper and
silicon in electronic equipment.
Put your student information sheet inside your folder and turn it
into the box with your period number on it
Place your popsicle stick in the proper receptacle
NEATLY Place the white boards and dry erase markers back
where you found them
Warm Up Aug 27th, 2013
 Please
collect your name tents from the
appropriate box and place it on the table in
front of you.
 Go get a white board and dry erase marker
 What is environmental systems?
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If you can’t remember, take 2 minutes to talk
with a partner about it.
AUG 27th
MRS. cHAGRA
Website: www.ideaprompter.com
Now we will go around the room and introduce
ourselves.
On your white board, draw that represents you
or something that is important to you.
Name
Something interesting
What you want to do after high school
ES Warm Up AUG 28th
Please get your name tent and place it in front
of you.
Get a white board per two people.
Name at least 3 things that can be recycled.
1.
2.
3.
1.
Can you think of any more than that? You will get
a sticker for each one over 3
What is composting?
4.
1.
If you don’t know, take a minute to talk to a
partner.
How is electricity made?
5.
1.
If you don’t know, take a minute to talk to a
partner.
What is global climate change?
6.
1.
If you don’t know, take a minute to talk to a
partner.
ES Warm Up answers AUG 28th
Name at least 3 things that can be recycled.
1.
1.
Cardboard, paper, aluminum, plastic, magazines,
paper board, batteries, glass bottles, giving anything
to goodwill
What is composting?
2.
1.
Composting is nature's process of recycling
decomposed organic materials into a rich soil known
as compost. Anything that was once living will
decompose. Basically, backyard composting is an
acceleration of the same process nature uses. By
composting your organic waste you are returning
nutrients back into the soil in order for the cycle of life
to continue. Finished compost looks like soil–dark
brown, crumbly and smells like a forest floor.
ES Warm Up answers AUG 28th
How is electricity made?
3.
A generator manufactures electricity. In a generator,
something causes the shaft and armature to spin. An
electric current is generated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Vb6hlLQSg
1.
What is global climate change?
4.
3.
The Earth is getting warmer because people are
adding heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere, mainly
by burning fossil fuels. These gases are called
greenhouse gases. Warmer temperatures are causing
other changes around the world, such as melting
glaciers and stronger storms.
http://www.epa.gov/climatestudents/
ES Agenda AUG 28th
Recycling! We recycle in this classroom. If you bring
in an aluminum can or a plastic bottle, you MUST
RINSE IT OUT AND PLACE IN THE APPROPRIATE
RECYCLING CONTAINER. I will check the trash cans
daily. If I see an aluminum can or plastic bottle in
the trash, the entire class will stay behind until it is
rinsed and placed in the proper receptacle.
1. What does a successful classroom look like to
you? Brainstorm with your partner. I need a
(new!) volunteer to write on the board.
ES Warm Up AUG 29th
Please pull out your name tent and place it in front
of you.
2.
What does “Lab Safety” mean to you?
3.
Have you had or have known of anyone that had a
laboratory accident?
4.
Can you name at least 3 proper procedures for
laboratory safety?
5.
Can you see any safety equipment located around
the room? What is it and what is it for?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWRGSaaKXV4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Bj7ZGwk-4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6NEdcZY2WY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C561PCq5E1g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJG0ir9nDtc
1.
ES Agenda AUG 29th
1.
We will go over the laboratory safety
guidelines. You will take a quiz. You will also
take this form home to your parents for a
signature. This is for a grade and is due
tomorrow.
ES Warm Up and agenda AUG
30th
1.
2.
3.
4.
Please get your name tent and your lab test and
place it in front of you.
Get a white board and dry erase marker from the
back of the room.
I have all the lab safety rule #s on the board.
Please pick one and write your name next to it.
Write the rule in YOUR OWN WORDS on the white
board and we will all share them with the entire
class.
ES Warm Up and agenda Sept 3 ,
2013
Place your name tent in front of you.
Take out your journal.
We will go through a ppt. on how to keep a proper
journal.
If you did not bring a journal, take notes on a
piece of paper and add it to your journal at a
later time.
As you are taking notes, I will come by and give
you a grade for either having your journal or not.
100% if you have it today, 75% for bringing it late.
ES Warm Up sept 4th, 2013
Place your name tent on the table in
front of you.
Answer the following in COMPLETE
SENTENCES:
1. Write down the proper procedure
for writing warm ups in your
journals.
2. Why are there specific procedures
for keeping a lab notebook?
3. Name one famous scientist that we
studied yesterday.
ES Agenda sept 4th, 2013
You will take notes on how to read an MSDS sheet.
You will use your notes to complete a handout on
ACETONE!
http://www.usmra.com/repository/category/ha
zardous_chemicals/How_to_read_MSDS_and_lab
els.pdf
ES Warm Up sept 5th, 2013
Place your name tent on the table in front of
you.
On the next available page in your journal,
write down the following questions. Leave
enough room between each question to
answer the questions.
1. What is a GMO? A GMO is…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAP6ZtfP9ZQ
2. What is a CAFO? A CAFO is…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOVn7_drjk
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3. What is Escherichia coli? Escherichia coli is…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ps_Kw4EX7
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ES Agenda sept 5th, 2013
We will go over the chemical label quiz and
syllabus.
Answer everything in COMPLETE sentences.
There will be minus 5 points for each answer
NOT in COMPLETE sentences.
We will TRADE AND GRADE:
Write Graded by: Your NAME
I will also grade these quizzes. If you do not
properly mark off questions when wrong, I
will subtract 10 points from your quiz.
ES Warm Up sept 6th, 2013
Pick up a hand out.
Place your name tent in front of you.
Please answer the following in complete
sentences in your journals, under the last warm
up. If you have your syllabus with you, you can
use it.
1. According to the syllabus we went over
yesterday, what is the consequence for the
first infraction?
2. What is the consequence for the 2nd infraction?
3. What is the consequence for the 3rd infraction?
ES Agenda sept 6th, 2013
Please read the article and complete
the corresponding hand out.
ES Warm Up sept 9th, 2013
Place your name tent in front of you.
Please answer the following in complete sentences in
your journals.
Start on a new page on the left side of your journal.
Answer the following in COMPLETE SENTENCES for full
credit.
Put the day and date at the top.
1. Why is the sky blue?
2. How to magnets work?
3. How old is the Earth?
ES Warm Up sept 9th, 2013
Answer the following in COMPLETE SENTENCES for full
credit.
1. Why is the sky blue?
The sky is blue because blue light has a short
wavelength and can get through the atmosphere more
easily than longer wavelengths and as a result are
scattered more widely as they pass through the
atmosphere.
1. How to magnets work?
Magnets have a bunch of electrons flowing all around it
in the same direction, this causes it to attract objects
that have unpaired electrons.
1. How old is the Earth?
Earth is 4.54 billion years old.
ES Agenda sept 9th, 2013
We will go over class and lab expectations.
You will take notes.
This is a direct teach. I expect you to be in
active listening mode as well as taking notes.
http://www.theonion.com/video/in-the-knoware-tests-biased-against-students-who,17966/
The following is why you shouldn’t text in class
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OINa46HeW
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ES Warm Up sept 10th, 2013
Place your name tent in front of you.
Pick up a class set of questions.
Answer the following in COMPLETE SENTENCES for full
credit.
Put the day and date at the top.
1. Name three student expectations from yesterday.
2. Name a consequence for not participating in a lab or
horseplay during a lab.
3. What is a consequence for sleeping?
ES Agenda sept 10th, 2013
Please answer the questions on the
worksheet provided using chapter one in
the book.
This is a class set. You will write the
answers to the questions in COMPLETE
SENTENCES IN YOUR JOURNALS.
This is independent work.
This is due at the end of the period.
ES Warm Up sept 11th, 2013
Place your name tent in front of you.
Please answer the following questions in your journals:
1.
Scientific information is often misused in advertising and political
debate. This misuse includes all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
Selective use of data
b)
Distorted logic
c)
Allowing room for uncertainty
2.
Science begins with
a)
Answers to questions about the natural world
b)
Measurements of various quantities
c)
Observations and questions about those observations
3.
When doing an experiment, which one does a good scientist NOT DO
a)
Honesty, data collection, and a scientific question.
b)
Creativity, honesty, and observation.
c)
Partial answers, quickness, and finishing early.
ES Agenda sept 11th, 2013
IF YOU ARE FINISHED WITH THE QUESTIONS FROM YESTERDAY, YOU CAN
PARTICIPATE IN LAB 1, GROUP 1 AFTER YOU HAVE ANSWERED THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS. IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED YOU WILL REMAIN IN YOUR SEATS
UNTIL YOU ARE FINISHED ON THE QUESTIONS FROM YESTERDAY AND THE
QUESTIONS BELOW. THEN YOU CAN DO THE LAB.
Using the handout I have provided you, answer the following questions in your
journals:
1. Name three types of measurements.
2. What system do scientists use for measurements?
3. What is one tool that we use to measure volume? Draw a picture of it
with water in it and include a meniscus.
4. What is one tool that we use to measure mass? Draw a picture of it with
the three balances showing a measurement.
5. What three objects will you be using to measure volume?
6. What three objects will you be using to measure mass?
7. What will using to measure distance?
8. To measure length, you will measure a penny, a paper clip and a book.
You will measure each item with a meter stick and a ruler.
AS SOON AS YOU HAVE FINISHED ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS ABOVE, PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND, I WILL STAMP YOUR WORK, THEN YOU CAN GET STARTED
ON THE LAB.
ES Warm Up sept 12th, 2013
Place your name tent in front of you.
1. According to the pre-lab from yesterday, what will
we be measuring today?
2. According to the pre-lab from yesterday, what
tools will we be using today? Name three.
ES warm up sept 13th, 2013
Answer the following questions:
1. If given the choice between tap water
and bottled water, what would you
choose? Why?
2. Are their standards or testing for tap
water or bottled water or both?
3. Do you think there should be?
4. Name two chemicals that are in tap
water that probably are not in bottled
water.
ES agenda Sept 13th, 2013
Place your name tent in front of you.
Pick up the handouts from yesterday.
1. Finish doing the lab stations from yesterday.
2. As soon as your done, you can finish the questions
from WEDNESDAY.
09/16/2012 warm up and agenda Monday
Answer the following questions in your journals:
1. What is the difference between precise and accurate?
2.
3.
Did every person get the exact same measurements? Why or
why not?
Which station had the largest discrepancies in measurements?
Why?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzfS1Z4Aec0
AFTER THE TEST
Demonstrate proper data collection techniques: Please
make your data look like it is displayed below.
Person Measuring
Measurement
Measurement
DATA TABLE: Paper Clip
Measurements
with
ruler
with meter stick
4.
person 1
5 mm
4.5 mm
person 2
5.1 mm
4.8 mm
person 3
5.2 mm
4.5 mm
Averages
5.1 mm
4.6 mm
09/17/2013 warm up Tuesday
Viewing Earth from outer space forces us to
conclude that
1.
a.
b.
c.
there is intelligent life on Earth
Earth and its resources are finite
Earth is made of three main layers
What is the original source of all energy used by
living organisms?
2.
a.
b.
c.
Plants
Chlorophyll
photosynthesis
d. the sun
An ecosystem has two major components,
nonliving and living. The nonliving or abiotic include
all of the following except
3.
a.
b.
An energy source
Minerals
d. scavengers
09/17/2013 warm up tuesday
1.
Viewing Earth from outer space forces us to
conclude that
b. Earth and its resources are finite
2.
What is the original source of all energy used by
living organisms?
b. the sun
3.
An ecosystem has two major components,
nonliving and living. The nonliving or abiotic include
all of the following except
4.
d. scavengers
09/17/2013 agenda tuesday
Take 5-8 minutes to WRITE A CONCLUSION TO LAST
WEEKS LAB
Then we will start on the vocabulary for Chapter 2.
IN YOUR JOURNALS You will define the word in your
own words and then draw a small picture to help
you remember the word:
1. mantle 2. core 3. lithosphere
4. atmosphere
5. hydrosphere 6. ecosphere 7. biosphere
8.
heat capacity 9. surface tension
10.
decomposers
11. ecosystem 12. biotic 13. abiotic14. habitat
15. niche 16. photosynthesis 17. carbon
dioxide
18. respiration 19. population 20 .
09/18/2013 warm up Wednesday
Organisms that obtain food material and energy
from the breakdown of animal wastes and dead
organisms are called
1.
a.
b.
Decomposers
Producers
c. consumers
d. critters
All of the following fit into the general category of
decomposers except
2.
a.
b.
Vegetables
Fungi
c. earthworms
d. bacteria
When you metabolize food while eating, which of
the following gases in the air mixture around you
are you using?
3.
a.
b.
Nitrogen
Carbon dioxide
c. oxygen
d. carbon monoxide
09/18/2013 warm up Wednesday
Organisms that obtain food material and energy
from the breakdown of animal wastes and dead
organisms are called
1.
a.
Decomposers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6V0a_7N1Mw
All of the following fit into the general category of
decomposers except
2.
a.
Vegetables
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj4FL0u1wvg
3.
When you metabolize food while eating, which of
the following gases in the air mixture around you
are you using?
c. Oxygen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7gPtASv0SQ
09/19/2013 warm up thursday
An ecosystem can function properly because it has
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
A one-way flow of energy
A recycling of chemicals
Both a and b
Neither a nor b
If one is to survive in a closed system, that system
must contain all of the following except
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
A gaseous mixture similar to the air in our atmosphere
Fruits and vegetables—including sources of protein
A variety of poultry and fish
Bacteria to break down dead material
Water satisfies our metabolic requirements and the
requirements of plants and animals. What other
important function does water perform?
3.
a.
b.
Source of energy
Waste transport
c. enrichment of soil
09/19/2013 warm up thursday
1.
An ecosystem can function properly because it has
b. A recycling of chemicals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09_sWPxQymA
2.
If one is to survive in a closed system, that system
must contain all of the following except
c. A variety of poultry and fish
3.
Water satisfies our metabolic requirements and the
requirements of plants and animals. What other
important function does water perform?
b. Waste transport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPKvHrD1eS4
09/19/2013 agenda Thursday
We will finish the vocabulary today. Please write the
definition IN YOUR OWN WORDS for the following in your
journals. Draw a small picture to DEPICT the word. You
can get ideas from your classmates displayed pictures.
As soon as you are done, I will come by and stamp your
journal.
1. mantle 2. core 3. lithosphere 4. atmosphere
5. hydrosphere
6. ecosphere
7. biosphere
8.
heat capacity
9. surface tension 10. decomposers
11. ecosystem
12. biotic
13. abiotic 14. habitat
15. niche
16. photosynthesis 17. carbon dioxide
18.
respiration 19. population
20. community
21. Terrestrial
22. biome 23. tundra
24.
coniferous 25. deciduous
26. Marine
09/20/2013 warm up friday
Arctic and alpine tundras would be represented by
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Low precipitation and high temperature
Low precipitation and low temperature
High precipitation and high temperature
High precipitation and low temperature
An ecosystem can survive without
2.
a.
b.
Water
Atmosphere
c. decomposers
d. animals
A population is
3.
a.
b.
c.
A group of organs performing a similar function
A group of different organisms living in a given area
A group of the same type of organisms living in a
certain area.
ES WU 09/20/2013
Arctic and alpine tundras would be represented by
1.
b. Low precipitation and low temperature
An ecosystem can survive without
2.
d. animals
A population is
3.
a.
A group of the same type of organisms living in a
certain area.
09/20/2013 agenda Friday
We will finish the vocabulary today. Please write the
definition IN YOUR OWN WORDS for the following in your
journals. Draw a small picture to DEPICT the word. You
can get ideas from your classmates displayed pictures.
As soon as you are done, I will come by and stamp your
journal.
1. mantle 2. core 3. lithosphere 4. atmosphere
5. hydrosphere
6. ecosphere
7. biosphere
8.
heat capacity
9. surface tension 10. decomposers
11. ecosystem
12. biotic
13. abiotic 14. habitat
15. niche
16. photosynthesis 17. carbon dioxide
18.
respiration 19. population
20. community
21. Terrestrial
22. biome 23. tundra
24.
coniferous 25. deciduous
26. Marine
When you have finished, we will start a video on biomes
ES WU 09/23/2013
Which of the following shows movement from smallest to
largest?
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Atoms—cells—earth—ecosystem
Atoms—organism—earth—ecosystem
Molecules—cells—populations—organs
Cells—organs—population—ecosystem
Organisms usually classified as consumers include
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Some plants and no animals
All animals but no plants
Some animals and all plants
Some plants and all animals
On land, large major ecosystems, such as forests,
grasslands, tundra, and deserts, can be called
3.
a.
b.
Biomes
Populations
ES WU 09/23/2013
Which of the following shows movement from smallest to
largest?
1.
d. Cells—organs—population—ecosystem
Organisms usually classified as consumers include
2.
b. All animals but no plants
On land, large major ecosystems, such as forests,
grasslands, tundra, and deserts, can be called
3.
a.
Biomes
ES WU 9/23/2013
How to create and/or read a climatograph
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l5uQQTqxz4
You will draw this climatograph in your journals
We will finish the video
on biomes.
ES WU 09/24/2013
Please draw this
climatograph in your
journals
What area would it most
likely represent?
A. A Tropical Rain Forest
B. A Desert
C. A geographical location
near the poles
D. An area in midwestern
area of the U.S.
ES WU 09/24/2013
D. An area in midwestern
area of the U.S.
ES WU 09/24/2013
I will give you a variety of charts on precipitation and
temperature, you will complete three climatographs.
ES WU 09/25/2013
What would a temperature line look like if the
clamatograph were located in the tropics?
What would a temperature line look like if the
climatograph were located in a temperate region?
What would a temperature line look like if the
climatograph were located in a polar region?
What would the precipitation bars look like for a
climatograph representing a rainforest or deciduous
forest?
ES Agenda 9/25
I will give you a variety of biomes and climatographs,
you will distinguish between them and cut and paste
them in the appropriate areas. This will be a test grade!
ES Agenda 9/26
No warm up! Finish your climatographs!
ES WU 09/27/2013
Please answer the following in complete
sentences:
Food webs/chains almost
always begin with the ____.
2. _______are at the bottom of
almost every food chain.
3. Fossil fuels in the ground are
an
example of a carbon sink.
What do you think that means?
4. What comprises 78% of the
air we breathe?
1.
09/27/2013
Please answer the following in complete
sentences:
Food webs/chains almost
always begin with the sun.
2. Plants (producers) are at the
bottom of almost every food
chain.
3. Fossil fuels in the ground are an
example of a carbon sink.
A carbon sink is a reservoir that
holds more carbon than it
releases.
4. Nitrogen gas comprises 78% of
the air that we breathe.
1.
ES Agenda 9/27
This will be a test grade! Finsih climatographs, then get
to work on the questions for chapter 2.
09/30/2013
Warm up
1. What is an adaptation?
2. Name three adaptations for organisms that live in
the desert.
3. Name three adaptations for organisms that live in a
polar region.
4. What area might the following climatograph
represent?
09/30/2013
Warm up
1.
What is an adaptation? An adaptation is a characteristic that
an organism has developed to survive in a particular climate.
2.
Name three adaptations for organisms that live in the desert.
Organisms that live in the desert must have adaptations to
limited water: animals have large appendages to dissipate
heat, the ability to burrow or sleep during the hottest time of the
day, the adaptation of being nocturnal, plants have thick skins
to retain water, and spiny thorns to prevent other organisms
from eating them for their water storage.
3.
Name three adaptations for organisms that live in a polar
region. Organisms that live in polar regions may change color
depending on the time of year, may hibernate during the
coldest time of the year, may have an extra layer of fat to
contain body heat, plants many have waxy-coated leaved to
prevent moisture loss, they may keep their leaves to save
energy, and they are pyramid shaped to lose the heavy snow
that builds on their branches.
09/30/2013
Agenda
1. We will finish the questions from chapter 2.
2. When you finish, please take this time to update your
journals.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Update your table of contents
Get any warm ups or vocabulary you may be missing
Finish any prelab questions
Make sure you don’t have anything missing.
10/01/2013
Warm up
1. What does deciduous mean?
2. What does coniferous mean?
3. Where are the three areas forests are located?
4. What were the names of the places the forests where
located from our climatograph exercise?
10/01/2013
Warm up
1. What does deciduous mean? Deciduous means that
the trees lose their leaves each year.
2. What does coniferous mean? Coniferous means that
the leaves are needle-like and the trees are conebearing.
3. Where are the three areas forests are located? The
three areas of forests are located near the poles, in
the tropics and in temperate regions.
4. What were the names of the places the forests where
located from our climatograph exercise? Russia,
Brazil and the New England area of the United States
were the examples of forests for our exercise.
10/01/2013
Agenda
Go get a book and turn to page 51.
1.
I will hand you a picture of an organism from a certain area.
You will find the other students with an organism from the same
area. These students will be in your group. You will then create
a poster that will display and summarize important information
about your ecosystem. Then you will present at the end of the
class. Each student must participate and write their name by
their contribution on the paper.
2.
The information that must be included in your poster:
1.
Name(s) of the ecosystem
2.
Location on the map
3.
Endangered species
4.
Description of ecosystem
5.
Life-forms
6.
Climate information
7.
Human impact
10/02/2013
Warm up
1. What is the difference between a freshwater system
and marine waters?
2. Where can you find brackish water?
3. Who are the producers in marine environments?
10/02/2013
Write down the following questions in your journals on a fresh
page. Make sure to leave enough room in between each
question for the answer. Then we will watch a short video clip
that will give you the answers and/or the definitions.
1. Name the two types of aquatic systems.
2. Name the marine ecosystem and the three freshwater
ecosystems she mentions.
3. Name three organisms that live in freshwater.
4. What are the three zones that organisms live?
5. Name three organisms that live in each zone.
6. What are plankton? Why are they important?
7. What are organisms that float in water called?
8. What are benthos?
10/02/2013
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Name the two types of aquatic ecosystems. Marine and
freshwater.
Name the marine ecosystem and the three freshwater
ecosystems she mentions. The marine ecosystem is the ocean,
the freshwater ecosystems are ponds, swamps and bogs.
Name three organisms that live in freshwater. Frogs, snails,
worms, cattails and arrowheads.
What are the three zones that organisms live? The three zones
are intertidal, open ocean upper region, and open ocean
lower region.
Name three organisms that live in each zone. Crabs, mussels,
barnacles and plankton live in the intertidal zone. Seaturtles,
fish and marine mammals live in open upper region, and
shrimp, eels and glowing fish live in the benthos.
What are plankton? Organisms that float on water. Why are
they important? They make oxygen.
What are organisms that float in water called? Nekton
What are benthos? Organisms that live on the bottom of the
ocean.
Warm Up
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
10/03/2013
Why is soil important for life?
Why do almost all species rely on plants (even meat eaters)?
What is at the bottom of the food chain in aquatic systems?
Why are decomposers important in food webs?
Are their decomposers in aquatic systems?
Warm Up
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
10/03/2013
Why is soil important for life? Soil is important because it
provides valuable minerals for plants, it filters water, helps
regulate temperature, and allows plants a substrate to grow
on.
Why do almost all species rely on plants (even meat eaters)?
Plants turn inorganic matter (carbon dioxide, sunlight and
water) into organic matter for herbivores to consume and
then be consumed by predators.
What is at the bottom of the food chain in aquatic systems?
Mostly algae (phytoplankton)
Why are decomposers important in food webs? Decomposers
recycle the nutrients contained in those organisms.
Are their decomposers in aquatic systems? Yes, decomposers
in aquatic systems are aquatic bacteria, aquatic fungi,
marine worms, sea urchins, sea stars and sea cucumbers.
Agenda
1.
10/03/2013
Get out your questions from Chapter 2. We will go over
these quickly before we take the quiz.
10/04/2013
Using your text book (pgs. 61-63), please
answer the following in complete
sentences, and give an example of
1.
What is primary succession?
each:
2.
3.
4.
What is secondary succession?
What are pioneer species?
What happened recently(2 years ago) in our area that is an
example of succession? Was it primary or secondary?
Warm Up:
1.
2.
3.
4.
10/04/2013
Primary succession occurs when an
environment is disturbed down to the bare rock,
such as after a volcano eruption.
Secondary succession occurs when an
environment is disturbed down to the soil, such
as after a fire.
Pioneer species are species that are the first to
colonize a disturbed area: lichens, grasses and
weeds.
There was a forest fire in Bastrop County in 2011,
this is an example of secondary succession.
Agenda
10/04/2013
Please do test corrections using
your textbook. You will write the
correct answer on your test sheet
and indicate the page number
from the textbook that you found
the answer. YOU WILL GET NO
CREDIT WITHOUT THE PAGE
NUMBER!
10/08/2013 WU
Get a text book and answer the following questions
in COMPLETE SENTENCES in your journals.
Define primary consumer.
2. How much energy transfers from one trophic level to
the next?
3. If a carrot has 863J in it, then a rabbit eats it, then a
snake eats the rabbit and then a hawk eats the
snake, how much energy has the hawk received of
the carrot?
1.
10/08/2013 WU
Get a text book and answer the following
questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES in your
journals.
A primary consumer is an herbivore on the 2nd level
of an energy pyramid.
2. How much energy transfers from one trophic level
to the next? 10% of energy transfers from one
trophic level to the next.
3. If a carrot has 863J in it, then a rabbit eats it, then a
snake eats the rabbit and then a hawk eats the
snake, how much energy has the hawk received of
the carrot? The hawk will get only .863J of energy
from the carrot.
1.
Agenda
10/08/2013
Please write the following questions down in your
journals. You will answer these questions while watching
a video clip on ecological succession.
Be sure to leave enough space to answer the questions!
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
What is ecological succession?
What is primary succession? What is the example he gives?
What do we need to get soil?
Why does life come back slower with primary succession?
How do organisms get to new islands?
What is secondary succession? What is the example he gives?
What are pioneer species? What are the two examples he gives?
What are serotinous cones?
What is a climax community?
Agenda
10/08/2013
1. What is ecological succession? The serious of steps by which life comes
back.
2. What is primary succession? What is the example he gives? Primary
succession is when a disturbance removes everything down to bare
rock. A volcanic eruption.
3. What do we need to get soil? We have to have erosion (wind and rain)
to create soil from rock.
4. Why does life come back slower with primary succession? Because very
few organisms can live without soil.
5. How do organisms get to new islands? Wind, water, carried by birds.
6. What is secondary succession? Secondary succession when there is a
disturbance, but the soil remains. What is the example he gives? A
forest fire.
7. What are pioneer species? Species that come into an area after a
disturbance. What are the two examples he gives? Lupine and
Lodgepole pines.
8. What are serotinous cones? Cones that are filled with wax and only
open when there is a fire.
9. What is a climax community? What happens after succession.
10/09/2013
WARM UP
Using your text book (pa. 47), please
answer the following in complete
sentences.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
What is photosynthesis? Write down the equation.
What is respiration? Write down the equation.
What process is responsible for providing the basis for
most of the organic matter on the planet? Why?
What process do humans use?
What is the difference between photosynthesis and
cellular respiration?
What is the energy source for respiration?
Do plants perform cellular respiration?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxHZH0P5aKI
10/09/2013
Using your text book (pa. 47), please
answer the following in complete
sentences.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
What is photosynthesis? Photosynthesis is the process by which
plants use light energy to convert carbon dioxide, water and
minerals into sugars and starches that make up plant cells.
What is respiration? Respiration is the process organisms use to
break down food to obtain energy.
What process is responsible for providing the basis for most of
the organic matter on the planet? Why? Photosynthesis turns
inorganic matter (sunlight, carbon dioxide and water) into
organic matter that almost all other organisms on the planet
rely on.
What process do humans use? Cellular respiration
What is the difference between photosynthesis and cellular
repiration? They are opposite of each other.
What is the energy source for respiration? Glucose
Do plants perform cellular respiration? Yes, plants perform
cellular respiration in certain cells.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxHZH0P5aKI
10/09/2013
AGENDA
We will watch some videos clips of the nitrogen, carbon and
phosphorus cycle. You will diagram these in your journals.
http://www.classzone.com/books/ml_science_share/vis_sim/e
m05_pg20_nitrogen/em05_pg20_nitrogen.html
http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/The-Ocean-inAction/Sci-Media/Animations-and-Interactives/Carbon-cycle
http://www.wadsworthmedia.com/biology/starr_udl11_tour/p
hos_anim.html
10/10/2013
Warm up
1. Have you ever been to an estuary?
2. Can you name one here on the coast of Texas?
3. What kind of water can you find in estuary?
10/10/2013
Warm up
1. Have you ever been to an estuary? If you have been to
the coast, chances are you went through or by an
estuary to get there.
2. Can you name one here on the coast of Texas? There are
several on the coast: Galveston Bay, Sabine Lake, Upper
Laguna Madre, Mata Gorda Bay, Corpus/Aransas Bays,
Corpus Christi Bay
3. What kind of water can you find in estuary? Brackish
10/10/2013
Write down the following questions in your journals on a fresh
page. Make sure to leave enough room in between each
question for the answer. Then we will watch a short video clip
that will give you the answers and/or the definitions.
1. What is an estuary?
2. What partially encloses it?
3. Why are estuaries protected places?
4. How many estuaries are in the United States?
5. How much of the U.S. population visit estuaries every
year?
6. Why is an estuary important? Name at least three
reasons.
7. Why is an estuary a huge part of the economy? Name at
least three reasons.
8. Why are estuaries important to us aside from our
economies?
9. What is happening to our estuaries?
10/10/2013
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
What is an estuary? The area where freshwater meets seawater.
What partially encloses it? Reefs, barrier islands or fingers of
land.
Why are estuaries protected places? They are the most
productive places on earth.
How many estuaries are in the United States? Over 100
How much of the U.S. population visit estuaries every year? 70%
Why is an estuary important? Name at least three reasons.
Places to live, eat, and reproduce for many organisms, they are
nurseries of the sea, they house unique habitats that help
prevent pollution, erosion and floods.
Why is an estuary a huge part of the economy? Name at least
three reasons. Estuaries provide commercial and recreational
fishing, tourism and boating provide income and jobs.
Estuaries are national treasures, natural laboratories for
scientists and students, are a gathering place for communities
and inspiration for artists.
The demands and threats to our estuaries is high from overuse
and overpopulation.
WARM UP
1.
2.
3.
4.
10/11/2013
Name 3 parts to the hydrological cycle? LEAVE SPACE
TO ADD 3 MORE!
Define biogeochemical.
What is the major component that plants make their
bodies out of?
What two things do plants release into the atmosphere?
WARM UP
1.
2.
3.
4.
10/11/2013
Name 3 parts to the hydrological cycle? LEAVE SPACE TO
ADD 3 MORE! Precipitation, condensation, infiltration, runoff, evaporation, transpiration
Define biogeochemical. Earth chemicals for life
What is the major component that plants make their bodies
out of? Carbon
What two things do plants release into the atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide (from cellular respiration) and oxygen (from
photosynthesis)
Agenda
1.
2.
10/11/2013
Biogeochemical cycles ppt and notes
Create a Venn Diagram in your journals over the three
cycles.
WARM UP
1.
2.
3.
10/14/2013
Where does electrical energy come from?
What are some sources of energy for our power plants?
How long have we had electrical energy available to
developed nations?
WARM UP
1.
2.
3.
10/14/2013
Where does electrical energy come from? Electrical
energy generally comes from boiling water to make
steam that turns a turbine that generates electricity.
What are some sources of energy for our power plants?
Most of the power plants in the US are coal powered,
but we also have oil, nuclear, wind and geothermal.
How long have we had electrical energy available to
developed nations? Since the turn of the century
Agenda
10/14/2013
COMPLETE TEST CORRECTIONS TODAY!
TO GET CREDIT, YOU MUST WRITE THE PAGE NUMBER IN THE
TEXTBOOK WHERE THE ANSWER IS,
IT MAY ALSO BE IN YOUR WARM UPS, IF SO RECORD THE DATE
WARM UP
10/15/2013
Name the three biogeochemical cycles we have been
studying.
List the characteristics of each. For example:
1.
2.
3.
Phosphorus: starts with rock, moves through soil into plants
What has to happen to nitrogen before it can be taken up by
plants?
WARM UP
1.
2.
3.
10/15/2013
Name the three biogeochemical cycles we have been
studying. Nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon
List the characteristics of each. For example; phosphorus
moves into plants by their roots, through the soil. We will write
some examples on the board.
Nitrogen must be converted to a reactive form before plants
can use it. It must combined with oxygen before it can be
used by plants.
NOTES
1.
2.
3.
10/15/2013
Name one difference between the phosphorus cycle
and the carbon cycle.
Name one difference between the phosphorus cycle
and the nitrogen cycle.
Name one difference between the nitrogen cycle and
the carbon cycle.
WARM UP
10/15/2013
Name one difference between the phosphorus cycle and the
carbon cycle.
Phosphorus does not react with water to create acid.
Phosphorus does not cycle through the atmosphere as a gas.
Phosphorus is take up by plants through the soil—carbon is taken up
by plants through their stomata.
2.
Name one difference between the phosphorus cycle and the
nitrogen cycle.
Nitrogen must be converted to a usable form before plants can take it
up through their roots.
Nitrogen comes from the atmosphere in the form of a gas, phosphorus
comes from rocks on the Earth.
3.
Name one difference between the nitrogen cycle and the carbon
cycle.
Nitrogen must be converted to a usable form before plants can use it,
and then it taken up through their roots. Carbon is taken directly out of
the atmosphere for use by plants, through the stomata.
1.
Agenda
10/15/2013
After watching a short video, you will create a three-circle
Venn Diagram of the three biogeochemical cycles we have
been studying.
Use a one page, blank, 9.5-11inch sheet of paper.
Use colored pencils or markers.
Each person will hand one in for a grade.
The diagram must include the following:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
At least 5 characteristics of each cycle
Clear labeling of each circle
Clear labeling of inner circles
If the labels and/or characteristics cannot fit in the circle, list them on the
side or on the back of the sheet.
Agenda
10/15/2013
Once you have finished your Venn Diagram (MAKE SURE YOUR
NAME IS ON IT!)
While watching the video identify the types of ecosystems.
PLEASE CREATE A FOOD WEB WITH THE FOLLOWING ORGANISMS IN
YOUR JOURNALS. USE ONE FULL PAGE. SHOW THE AMOUNT OF
ENERGY LOST PER TROPHIC LEVEL. THE PHYTOPLANKTON WILL START
WITH 10,000J.
WARM UP
10/18/2013
The ability to move matter around is the definition of
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Mass
Oil
System
energy
Which of the following would be an example of kinetic
energy?
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Flying arrow
Thrown baseball
Charged battery
A and b only
A and c only
A system where nothing enters or leaves it called a
3.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Steady state
Static system
Open system
Closed system
WARM UP
10/17/2013
The ability to move matter around is the definition of
1.
d. energy
Which of the following would be an example of kinetic
energy?
2.
Flying arrow
b. Thrown baseball
d. A and b only
a.
3.
A system where nothing enters or leaves it called a
d. Closed system
Agenda
10/17/2013
As you watch the video, answer the following questions in your
journals:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Vb6hlLQSg
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
What are the two “finite” resources he lists?
What are the infinite resources he lists?
What must happen to turn energy into electrical
energy?
What spins inside a generator?
Why is water an efficient method to generate electricity?
What happens when there is too much or too little electricity
being used?
What needs to happen to electricity to move between grids?
What does a transformer do?
Agenda
10/17/2013
As you watch the video, answer the following questions in your
journals:
1.
What are the two “finite” resources he lists? Oil and coal
2.
What are the infinite resources he lists? Wind and solar
3.
What must happen to turn energy into electrical energy?
Mechanical energy must change to electrical energy.
4.
What spins inside a generator? Magnets around a wire coil
5.
Why is water an efficient method to generate electricity?
Because it can be reused over and over again
6.
What happens when there is too much or too little electricity
being used? The power grid can shut down
7.
What needs to happen to electricity to move between grids?
The voltage needs to be increased to some ungodly amount
8.
What does a transformer do? Change the voltage of electricity
WARM UP
10/21/2013
Which of the following is NOT a form of energy?
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Mechanical
Photosynthesis
Electrical
Chemical
Light (radiant)
Using gasoline to run a car and eating food so that you can
make it through the day are examples of
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Heat energy
Radiant energy
Nuclear energy
Geothermal energy
Chemical energy
The evaporation of water from leaves by it moving through
small openings under the plant leaf is called
3.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Condensation
Transpiration
Infiltration
Respiration
percolation
WARM UP
1.
10/21/2013
Which of the following is NOT a form of energy?
b. Photosynthesis
2.
Using gasoline to run a car and eating food so that you can
make it through the day are examples of
e. Chemical energy
3.
The evaporation of water from leaves by it moving through
small openings under the plant leaf is called
b. Transpiration
Agenda
10/21/2013
Bill Nye Video on Electricity and Energy
You will complete a worksheet and turn it in as soon as the
video is over!
WARM UP
10/22/2013
Food chains start with producers and end with
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Carnivores
Herbivores
Omnivores
Insects
decomposers
The LEAST useful form of energy is
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Mechanical
Ambient temperature heat
Gasoline
Electrical
Hot water
Energy is most usable where it is concentrated, such as
in
3.
a.
b.
c.
Low temperatures
Chemical bonds
Automobile exhaust
WARM UP
1.
10/22/2013
Food chains start with producers and end with
e. decomposers
2.
The LEAST useful form of energy is
b. Ambient temperature heat
3.
Energy is most usable where it is concentrated, such as
in
b. Chemical bonds
Agenda
10/22/2013
Keep in mind the difference between a comfort and necessity
Let’s name some things that are necessary for life and those
that are for comfort. I need a volunteer to come to the board.
1.
What is a necessity to successfully conduct class?
2.
What could be eliminated, reduced or redesigned to use
less conventional forms of energy?
3.
Draw a picture of the most energy efficient classroom you
can think of. Use internet resources if available.
WARM UP
1.
The world’s most abundant fossil fuel is
a)
b)
c)
d)
2.
10/23/2013
Biodiesel
Coal
Oil
Natural gas
Before mining techniques improved in the
1700’s, the resource that provided the greatest
amount of energy for heating and cooking
was
a)
b)
c)
d)
dung
wood
coal
oil
WARM UP
1.
The world’s most abundant fossil fuel is
a)
b)
c)
d)
2.
10/23/2013
Biodiesel
Coal
Oil
Natural gas
Before mining techniques improved in the
1700’s, the resource that provided the greatest
amount of energy for heating and cooking
was
a)
b)
c)
d)
dung
wood
coal
oil
WARM UP
1.
10/23/2013
The world’s most abundant fossil fuel is
b. Coal
2.
Before mining techniques improved in the
1700’s, the resource that provided the greatest
amount of energy for heating and cooking
was
b. wood
Agenda
10/23/2013
ECODOME PROJECT
You will create an ecodome:.
Watch this vidoe clip about the Biosphere II to give you ideas.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/booming/biosphere-2good-science-or-bad-sense.html?_r=0
WARM UP
10/24/2013
1. Energy usually results in the release of which of
the following?
A. Heat
B. Light
C. Work
D. Wastes
E. Water
2. Solar radiation makes several other energy
sources possible, including
a)
b)
c)
d)
Nuclear energy
Geothermal energy
Tidal energy
Wind energy
WARM UP
10/24/2013
1. Energy usually results in the release of which of
the following?
a. Heat
2. Solar radiation makes several other energy
sources possible, including
d. Wind energy
Agenda
10/23/2013
We will continue with the ECODOME PROJECT.
I have an additional handout that may clarify some information.
WARM UP
10/25/2013
Match the definitions and terms:
1. Electricity is normally bought and sold in these units.
2. The energy content of food is most often expressed
in these units.
3. In the United States, heating systems and air
conditioners are rated in terms of their ability to
provide or withdraw so many of these units per
cubic foot.
4. The amount of heat necessary to raise the
temperature of one gram of water one Celsius
degree.
5. The nonmetric unit for mechanical energy or work.
a. Calorie b. joule
c. kilowatt-hour
d. foot-pound e. Btu
WARM UP
10/25/2013
Match the definitions and terms:
1. Electricity is normally bought and sold in these units.
c.kWH
2. The energy content of food is most often expressed in
these units. a. Calorie
3. In the United States, heating systems and air
conditioners are rated in terms of their ability to provide
or withdraw so many of these units per cubic foot. e.Btu
4. The amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature
of one gram of water one Celsius degree. A. calorie
5. The nonmetric unit for mechanical energy or work. D.
foot-pound
Agenda
10/25/2013
Redemption Day
WARM UP
1.
2.
10/28/2013
All of the following are statements of the second law of
thermodynamics EXCEPT:
a. In any conversion of energy from one form to
another, there is always a decrease in the amount of
useful energy.
b. In any closed system, disorder (entropy) always tends
to increase toward a maximum.
c. Heat is work and work is heat
d. In a closed system, heat will spontaneously flow from
hot to cold.
All of the following words mean the same thing except
a. Entropy
b. Chaos
c. Randomness
d. Disorder
e. Arrangement
WARM UP
1.
2.
10/28/2013
All of the following are statements of the second law of
thermodynamics EXCEPT:
a. In any conversion of energy from one form to
another, there is always a decrease in the amount of
useful energy.
b. In any closed system, disorder (entropy) always tends
to increase toward a maximum.
c. Heat is work and work is heat
d. In a closed system, heat will spontaneously flow from
hot to cold.
All of the following words mean the same thing except
a. Entropy
b. Chaos
c. Randomness
d. Disorder
e. Arrangement
Agenda
ECODOME PRESENTATIONS!
10/28/2013
WARM UP
1.
10/29/2013
Carbon can be stored in all of these EXCEPT:
a. In living plants
d. in limestone deposits
b. As CO2 in the air
e. metals
C. In the bodies of live animals
2.
The nitrogen cycle:
a. Supplies ecosystems with nitrogen for making protein,
DNA, and RNA.
b. Contains a process for “fixing” atmospheric nitrogen
c. Uses denitrifying bacteria to release N2 back into the
air
d. Allows legumes to “fix” atmospheric nitrogen
e. All of these are part of the cycle
WARM UP
1.
10/29/2013
Carbon can be stored in all of these EXCEPT:
a. In living plants
d. in limestone deposits
b. As CO2 in the air
e. metals
C. In the bodies of live animals
2.
The nitrogen cycle:
a. Supplies ecosystems with nitrogen for making protein,
DNA, and RNA.
b. Contains a process for “fixing” atmospheric nitrogen
c. Uses denitrifying bacteria to release N2 back into the
air
d. Allows legumes to “fix” atmospheric nitrogen
e. All of these are part of the cycle
Agenda
10/29/2013
Solar Ovens
We will go through a ppt. and you will take notes.
WARM UP
1.
2.
10/30/2013
The “agony of heat” refers to the fact that
a. Heat is a form of energy
b. Heat is uncomfortable when one’s surroundings become
too hot
c. Heat can be changed to work (mechanical energy) and
from work (mechanical energy) back to heat.
d. All energy ultimately ends up as relatively worthless lowtemperature heat.
e. The relationship between high heat and high humidity
creates a stressful environment for living things.
We are running out of useful energy for all of the following
reasons EXCEPT
a. The energy sources we rely on most are presently
nonrenewable sources.
b. Energy cannot be recycled
c. Energy can neither be created nor destroyed.
d. As energy is used, it ultimately ends up as low-temperature
heat
e. Heat spontaneously flows from hot to cold
WARM UP
1.
2.
10/30/2013
The “agony of heat” refers to the fact that
a. Heat is a form of energy
b. Heat is uncomfortable when one’s surroundings become
too hot
c. Heat can be changed to work (mechanical energy) and
from work (mechanical energy) back to heat.
d. All energy ultimately ends up as relatively worthless lowtemperature heat.
e. The relationship between high heat and high humidity
creates a stressful environment for living things.
We are running out of useful energy for all of the following
reasons EXCEPT
a. The energy sources we rely on most are presently
nonrenewable sources.
b. Energy cannot be recycled.
c. Energy can neither be created nor destroyed.
d. As energy is used, it ultimately ends up as low-temperature
heat.
e. Heat spontaneously flows from hot to cold.
Agenda
10/30/2013
Solar Ovens
Please watch this video on how to make solar ovens
Items you will need:
Someone competent with a scalpel
a scalpel
aluminum foil
plastic wrap
a ruler
a marker
a pizza box
glue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbwliZJiHe8
WARM UP
1.
2.
10/31/2013
All of the following strategies are useful for taking care
of our energy resources EXCEPT
a. Changing lifestyles so we consume less energy.
b. Redesigning technology to be more efficient.
c. Perfecting the use of nontraditional energy sources.
d. Matching the quality of the energy source to the task
being performed.
e. Storing energy in preparation for an economic
depression.
Respiration is the process by which the majority of living
organisms form these two by-products
a. Nitrogen and water
b. Carbon and water
c. Oxygen and water
d. Carbon dioxide and water
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2.
10/31/2013
All of the following strategies are useful for taking care
of our energy resources EXCEPT
a. Changing lifestyles so we consume less energy.
b. Redesigning technology to be more efficient.
c. Perfecting the use of nontraditional energy sources.
d. Matching the quality of the energy source to the task
being performed.
e. Storing energy in preparation for an economic
depression.
Respiration is the process by which the majority of living
organisms form these two by-products
a. Nitrogen and water
b. Carbon and water
c. Oxygen and water
d. Carbon dioxide and water
Agenda
10/31/2013
COMPUTER LAB!
You will research different environmental
science career options and complete a
worksheet.
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2.
11/01/2013
Why do vegetarians use food energy more efficiently
than nonvegetarians?
a. Only one energy transformation is involved.
b. Many transformations are required to change the
plant energy into human energy
c. Some intermediate steps are necessary after the food
in placed in the mouth.
d. More useful energy is lost by vegetarians
e. You can eat fruits and vegetables quickly because
they do not require preparation like meats do.
Why are there more rabbits than coyotes on earth?
a. Rabbits are herbivores.
b. Rabbits are closer to the bottom of the food chain.
c. A greater source of food supports a larger population.
d. All of the above.
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1.
2.
11/01/2013
Why do vegetarians use food energy more efficiently
than nonvegetarians?
a. Only one energy transformation is involved.
b. Many transformations are required to change the
plant energy into human energy.
c. Some intermediate steps are necessary after the food
in placed in the mouth.
d. More useful energy is lost by vegetarians.
e. You can eat fruits and vegetables quickly because
they do not require preparation like meats do.
Why are there more rabbits than coyotes on earth?
a. Rabbits are herbivores.
b. Rabbits are closer to the bottom of the food chain.
c. A greater source of food supports a larger population.
d. All of the above.
Agenda
11/01/2013
Redemption Day
If you need to redeem the Ecodome Presentation, this
is your task.
Write 1-2 paragraphs about each of the cycles
(carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and water. Include each
phase of the cycle and how the substance moves
around.
Write a paragraph about how food chains/webs work.
Include how they begin and how they end. Also discuss the energy lost between trophic levels. Why are
there more primary consumers than apex predators?
What energy powers all of the cycles? Explain how for
each cycle.
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2.
11/04/2013
At the present time, which one of the following provides
the greatest amount of energy for powering the US
economy?
a. Natural gas
b. Oil
c. Solar
d. Coal
e. Nuclear
Which of the following is not a renewable resource used
by early humans?
a. Burned kerosene
b. Burned wood
c. Flowing water
d. Food from plants and animals
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2.
11/04/2013
At the present time, which one of the following provides
the greatest amount of energy for powering the US
economy?
b. Oil
Which of the following is not a renewable resource used
by early humans?
a. Burned kerosene
b. Burned wood
c. Flowing water
d. Food from plants and animals
Agenda
Finish Energy Worksheet
11/04/2013
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2.
11/05/2013
The energy content of a fuel is the
a. Number of kWh in the fuel
b. Amount of energy in a kilogram of fuel
c. Amount of energy in the fuel
d. Number of calories in a square centimeter of fuel
Until 1979, total US energy demand was
a. Increasing linearly.
b. Increasing exponentially
c. Static (not changing)
d. Decreasing at about 5% annually.
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2.
11/05/2013
The energy content of a fuel is the
b. Amount of energy in a kilogram of fuel
Until 1979, total US energy demand was
b. Increasing exponentially
Agenda
11/05/2013
Microorganisms: Friend or Foe?
You will get into groups of 8.
Each person will prepare a baby food jar.
You will label each jar as follows:
1. name, date, bread, moist, warm
2. name, date, bread, moist, cool
3. name, date, bread, dry, warm
4. name, date, bread, dry, cool
5. name, date, vegetable, warm
6. name, date, meat, warm
7. name, date, milk, warm
8. name, date, fruit, warm
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2.
11/06/2013
To produce electric current without a battery, both a
coil of wire and _______ are required.
a. Bulb
b. Tinker toy
c. Resistor
d. Switch
e. magnet
To produce electric current, the circuit must be
complete and there must be _____ between a coil of
wire and a magnet.
a. Attraction
b. Repulsion
c. Motion
d. Contact
e. Lubrication
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2.
11/06/2013
To produce electric current without a battery, both a
coil of wire and _______ are required.
e. magnet
To produce electric current, the circuit must be
complete and there must be _____ between a coil of
wire and a magnet…
c. Motion
Agenda
Video: Understanding Bacteria
11/06/2013
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2.
11/07/2013
Thermal electric generating plants ALWAYS produce a
certain amount of
a. Nuclear wastes
b. Smoke particles
c. Thermal pollution
d. Sulfur gases
The use of Earth’s heat as an energy source is
a. Geothermal
b. Solar
c. Potential
d. Nonrenewable
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2.
11/07/2013
Thermal electric generating plants ALWAYS produce a
certain amount of
c. Thermal pollution
The use of Earth’s heat as an energy source is
a. Geothermal
Agenda
Video: Understanding Bacteria
11/07/2013
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2.
The sun produces energy by
a. Fission
b. Fusion
c. Ionization
d. breeding
The British Thermal Unit is
a. A unit of solar energy
b. A hot English rock group
c. A unit for measuring energy
d. A unit for measuring light
11/08/2013
WARM UP
1.
2.
The sun produces energy by
b. Fusion
The British Thermal Unit is
c. A unit for measuring energy
11/08/2013
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1.
2.
11/11/2013
Iron is mined from an area of concentrated iron ore and
made into thousands of products, which eventually end up in
landfills and dumps. Which form of the second law of
thermodynamics does this represent?
a. In any conversion of energy from one form to another,
there is always a decrease in the amount of useful energy.
b. Heat cannot flow from cold to hot.
c. In any closed system, randomness tends towards a
maximum.
In the following food chain, where is the greatest amount of
energy contained? Grain—mice—snakes—hawks
a. Grain
b. Mice
c. Snakes
d. Hawks
e. None of these
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2.
11/11/2013
Iron is mined from an area of concentrated iron ore
and made into thousands of products, which eventually
end up in landfills and dumps. Which form of the
second law of thermodynamics does this represent?
c. In any closed system, randomness tends towards a
maximum.
In the following food chain, where is the greatest
amount of energy contained? Grain—mice—snakes—
hawks
a. Grain
Agenda
11/11/2013
Redemption Day
Trade and Grade Chapter 3 Worksheet
Please look at all your assignments.
If you are missing something WORK ON IT!
If you have turned everything in, but are still failing, I
MAY have a redemption handout for you.
Please ask me for it!
Check your microbes and write down your
observations!
TEST TOMORROW!
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1.
2.
3.
11/12/2013
Why are we “running out” of resources?
Energy can neither be created or destroyed, but it can
be…
Matter can neither be created nor destroyed. It can,
however, be…
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1.
2.
3.
11/12/2013
Why are we “running out” of resources? Because we
take them out of the ground and scatter them about
the globe. Most of our materials end up as waste in
dumps and landfills.
Energy can neither be created or destroyed, but it can
be transformed from one form to another.
Matter can neither be created nor destroyed. It can,
however, be rearranged.
Agenda
11/12/2013
TEST TODAY!
Questions?
Topics Covered
Energy Transfer
Carbon sinks, carbon sources
Food Pyramids
Laws of Thermodynamics
Law of Conservation of Matter
The importance of microbes and decomposers
When you are finished, please check your microbes
and record your observations in your journals.
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1.
2.
11/13/2013
Mineral resources
a. Are always artificial.
b. Have no useful purpose in society.
c. Are used as raw materials for manufacturing.
d. Always come from living things.
A naturally inorganic substance with a characteristic
internal structure and set of chemical and physical
properties is (a)
a. Matter
b. Mineral
c. Stone
d. Rock
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2.
11/13/2013
Mineral resources
c. Are used as raw materials for manufacturing.
A naturally inorganic substance with a characteristic
internal structure and set of chemical and physical
properties is (a)
b. Mineral
11/13/2013
Agenda
Write down the following words and leave enough room for a
definition. FIRST COME FIRST SERVE-WRITE YOUR NAME BY THE WORD
You will choose a vocabulary word and make a foldable with a
picture and the definition. The outside will have the word and a
picture, the inside will have the definition—use your text book!
1. Crystal
2. Mineral
3. Physical
weathering
4. Chemical
weathering
5. Rock
6. Igneous
7.
Sedimentary
8.
Metamorphic
9. Magma
10. Lava
11. Extrusive
12. Intrusive
13. Crust
14. Foliation
15. Mantle
16. Core
17. Lithosphere
18. Earthquake
19. Seismic
waves
20. Seismology
21. Plate
tectonics
22. Rift
23. Sea-floor
Spreading
24. Subduction
zone
25. Uplift
26. Conservation
27. Recycling 28. Divergent
Zone
Agenda
11/13/2013
Once you have completed your word,
picture and definition, please post it on
the wall.
Then go around and write the
definitions to the rest of the words in
your journals.
Check your microbes! Record your
observations!
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1.
2.
3.
11/14/2013
Which of the following cannot be a mineral?
a. Silver
b. Sugar
c. Fool’s gold
d. Quartz
Density is a measure of a mineral’s relative
a. Strength
b. Hardness
c. Luster
d. Mass or “heaviness.”
The number of different kinds of minerals presently known is
approximately
a. 2000
b. 20
c. 8
d. 95
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2.
3.
11/14/2013
Which of the following cannot be a mineral?
b. Sugar
Density is a measure of a mineral’s relative
d. Mass or “heaviness.”
The number of different kinds of minerals presently
known is approximately
a. 2000
Agenda
11/14/2013
Happy Thursday!
Check your microbes and record your observations! (5
min)
Bill Nye Rocks and Weathering Video Clip and Movie
Sheet
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1.
2.
11/18/2013
Rocks that have been formed by solidification of hot
mobile material called magma are classified as
a. Igneous
b. Metamorphic
c. Sedimentary
d. Erosional
Understanding plate tectonics helps geoscientists
locate mineral resources because
a. Earthquakes always reveal valuable minerals
b. Patterns of mineralization often follow former plate
boundaries
c. They can now drill through crustal plates to reach
minerals in the mantle
d. “supercontinents” are the only places where new
minerals form.
ES Warm Up
1.
2.
Nov 18th 2013
Rocks that have been formed by solidification of hot
mobile material called magma are classified as
a. Igneous
Understanding plate tectonics helps geoscientists
locate mineral resources because
b. Patterns of mineralization often follow former plate
boundaries
Agenda
11/18/2013
Happy Monday!
Video Clip on Microbes and food
Check your microbes and record your observations! (5
min)
Finish Microbe worksheet, it is due today. If you don’t
turn in it until tomorrow, what is the highest grade you
can make on it?
WARM UP
1.
Exploring for new minerals does not involve
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2.
11/19/2013
Smelting
Remote sensing
Collecting plant specimens
Magnetic surveys
Seismic reflection
Igneous rocks are those that
a. Undergo changes deep in the earth’s crust due to
heat and pressure.
b. Erode away due to weathering and accumulate
c. Become marble
d. Result from the cooling and solidification of hot fluid
materials
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2.
11/19/2013
Exploring for new minerals does not involve
a. Smelting is a form of extractive metallurgy; its
main use is to produce a metal from its ore. This
includes production of silver, iron, copper and
other base metals from their ores. Smelting uses
heat and a chemical reducing agent to
decompose the ore, driving off other elements
as gasses or slag and leaving just the metal
behind.
Igneous rocks are those that
d. Result from the cooling and solidification of hot
fluid materials
Agenda
11/19/2013
Happy Tuesday!
Sea Floor spreading with Bill Nye
Sea Floor Spreading activity
REDEMPTION FOR MICROBE HANDOUT:
FIND AN ARTICLE ON MICROBES AND SUMMARIZE IT IN
2-5 PARAGRAPHS AND BRING IT IN, DUE FRIDAY
WARM UP
1.
Metamorphic rocks are those that
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2.
11/20/2013
Undergo changes deep in the earth’s crust due to heat and
pressure.
Erode away due to weathering and accumulate
Become marble
Result from the cooling and solidification of hot fluid
materials
A and C only
The following rock type is a metamorphic rock form
from shale
a. Granite
b. Obsidian
c. Gypsum
d. Slate
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11/20/2013
Metamorphic rocks are those that
a. Undergo changes deep in the earth’s crust due to heat and
pressure.
c. Become marble
e. A and C only
2.
The following rock type is a metamorphic rock form
from shale
d. Slate
Agenda
11/20/2013
Happy Wednesday!
Sea Floor Spreading Worksheet Continued…
Using your textbooks define the following words in your
journals, and then label them on your Sea-Floor
1. Spreading Worksheet:
2. Subduction Zone
3. Convergent Zone
4. Divergent Zone
5. Continental Plate
6. Oceanic Plate
7. Mid-Oceanic Ridge
Answer the questions that you wrote in your journals
from yesterday.
WARM UP
1.
The following rock type is a sedimentary rock composed of
large chunks of other rocks cemented together
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
11/21/2013
Quartzite
Talc
Marble
Conglomerate
Hot liquid rock that is exposed at the surface
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Quartzite
Talc
Marble
Conglomerate
Lava
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1.
The following rock type is a sedimentary rock composed of
large chunks of other rocks cemented together
d. Conglomerate
2.
11/21/2013
Hot liquid rock that is exposed at the surface
e. Lava
Agenda
11/21/2013
Happy Thursday
Please finish the questions from the Sea- Floor
Spreading worksheet in your journals!
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1.
2.
11/22/2013
Subduction zones are areas where
a. New rock is being created at oceanic ridges
b. Hot spots that have created islands such as Hawaii
c. Where more dense oceanic crust is forced
underneath less dense continental crust
Mid-oceanic ridges
a. New rock is being created at oceanic ridges
b. Hot spots that have created islands such as Hawaii
c. Where more dense oceanic crust is forced
underneath less dense continental crust
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1.
2.
11/22/2013
Subduction zones are areas where
c. Where more dense oceanic crust is forced
underneath less dense continental crust
Mid-oceanic ridges
a. New rock is being created at oceanic ridges
Agenda
11/22/2013
Happy Friday!

Make one last observation of your microbes, and
record in your journals.

Write a one paragraph conclusion of the microbe
lab.

Dump the microbes in the trash and clean the jars
and beakers.
WARM UP
1.
2.
12/2/2013
Convergent zones are those areas where
a. New rock is being created at oceanic ridges
b. Hot spots that have created islands such as
Hawaii
c. Any two plates come together, either
subducting or colliding
Divergent zones are those areas where
a. New rock is being created at oceanic ridges
and the plates are splitting apart.
b. Hot spots that have created islands such as
Hawaii
c. Where more dense oceanic crust is forced
underneath less dense continental crust
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1.
2.
12/2/2013
Convergent zones are those areas where
c. Any two plates come together, either
subducting or colliding
Divergent zones are those areas where
a. New rock is being created at oceanic ridges
and two plates are splitting apart
Agenda
12/2/2013
Happy Monday!
Earth Processes Video and Movie Sheet!
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1.
2.
12/3/2013
Layered textures in rocks suggest their origin is most
likely
a. Only sedimentary
b. Only metamorphic
c. Sedimentary or metamorphic
d. Sedimentary or igneous
Rocks that split into smaller fragments by the action of
wind, water, ice and temperature are examples of
a. Physical weathering
b. Chemical weathering
c. Percolation
d. Biotic factors
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1.
2.
12/3/2013
Layered textures in rocks suggest their origin is most
likely
c. Sedimentary or metamorphic
Rocks that split into smaller fragments by the action of
wind, water, ice and temperature are examples of
a. Physical weathering
Agenda
12/03/2013
Happy Tuesday!
Earth Processes Video and Movie Sheet!
Write this down in your journals and we will watch a
video clip on it:
What is a hot spot?
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2.
12/4/2013
Which is not true about Earth’s crust?
a. It is the least dense of all Earth’s layers.
b. It is the source of almost all mineral resources.
c. It lies above the outer core and below the mantle.
The overall global pattern of earthquakes and
volcanoes
a. Is associated with active plate boundaries.
b. Is entirely random.
c. Changes with the seasons
d. Is a sign of crustal stability
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1.
2.
12/4/2013
Which is not true about Earth’s crust?
c. It lies above the outer core and below the mantle.
The overall global pattern of earthquakes and
volcanoes
a. Is associated with active plate boundaries.
Agenda
12/04/2013
Happy Wednesday!
Density Lab
There are 8 lab stations with 8 different items
You will determine the density by weighing the item
(grams) and then submerging it in water to determine it’s
volume.
WHEN RETRIEVING THE ITEM FROM THE WATER, POUR IT INTO
ANOTHER CONTAINER! NOT DIRECTLY INTO THE SINK SO AS
NOT TO DROP IT DOWN THE DRAIN! IF IT GOES DOWN THE
DRAIN, ALL THOSE AT THAT LAB TABLE WILL RECEIVE A ZERO
FOR THE ASSIGNMENT
What is the equation for density?
What are the units for density?
Create a graph of the density of the items
WARM UP
1.
2.
12/5/2013
Plate movement is explained using
a. Convection currents.
b. Conduction patterns.
c. Radiation waves.
A mineral deposit is called an ore when
a. It is found only in oceanic crust
b. Magma hardens into crystalline rock
c. The mineral can be mined profitably
WARM UP
1.
2.
12/5/2013
Plate movement is explained using
a. Convection currents.
A mineral deposit is called an ore when
c. The mineral can be mined profitably
Agenda
12/05/2013
Happy THURSDAY!
Density Lab
There are 8 lab stations with 8 different items
You will determine the density by weighing the item
(grams) and then submerging it in water to determine it’s
volume.
WHEN RETRIEVING THE ITEM FROM THE WATER, POUR IT INTO
ANOTHER CONTAINER! NOT DIRECTLY INTO THE SINK SO AS
NOT TO DROP IT DOWN THE DRAIN! IF IT GOES DOWN THE
DRAIN, ALL THOSE AT THAT LAB TABLE WILL RECEIVE A ZERO
FOR THE ASSIGNMENT
What is the equation for density?
What are the units for density?
Create a graph of the density of the items
WARM UP
1.
2.
12/9/2013
Which of the following are not found inside our
homes?
a. Ceramics
b. Metals
c. Plastics
d. Alloys
e. Aggregates
All of the following statements are true except
a. The properties of alloys are usually preferable to
those of pure metals.
b. An alloy is the solid that results when two or more
metals from which they are made.
c. Alloys are usually more resistant to corrosion than
the metals from which they come.
d. Metals can be alloyed with metals but not with
nonmetals.
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1.
2.
12/9/2013
Which of the following are not found inside our
homes?
e. Aggregates
All of the following statements are true except
a. The properties of alloys are usually preferable to
those of pure metals.
b. An alloy is the solid that results when two or more
metals are melted together and then cooled.
c. Alloys are usually more resistant to corrosive than
the metals from which they come.
d. Metals can be alloyed with metals but not with
nonmetals
An alloy is a mixture or solid solution composed of a
metal and another element.
Agenda
Happy Monday!
CONCLUSION TO DENSITY LAB
12/09/2013
WARM UP
1.
2.
12/10/2013
The plate tectonic theory seems to explain
a. Why continents fit together like the pieces of a
jigsaw puzzle.
b. Why Earth’s magnetic poles move about as time
goes by.
c. Why earthquake belts, active volcano belts, and
ocean trenches occur at nearly the same places
on Earth.
d. All of the above.
Mid-oceanic ridges and seafloor spreading are most
commonly associated with
a. Plate sliding.
b. Plate destruction.
c. Plate creation.
d. Plates and cups.
WARM UP
12/10/2013
The plate tectonic theory seems to explain
a. Why continents fit together like the pieces of a
jigsaw puzzle.
b. Why Earth’s magnetic poles move about as time
goes by.
c. Why earthquake belts, active volcano belts, and
ocean trenches occur at nearly the same places
on Earth.
d. All of the above.
2. Mid-oceanic ridges and seafloor
spreading are most commonly
associated with
c. Plate creation.
1.
Agenda
Happy Tuesday!
Worksheet
Chapter 4, page 126
Record page numbers!
12/10/2013
WARM UP
1.
2.
12/11/2013
Rock identification is often difficult because
a. Crystals grow too close together.
b. Without a microscope, fine-grained specimens
tend to look alike.
c. The colors don’t always match photos in books.
d. Rocks are always made of three or more different
types of mineral.
Limestone effervesces (bubble) with dilute HCL to
indicate
a. Volcanic gases are being released.
b. The acid frees up gases trapped in rock.
c. The acid opens the sinuses of tiny fossils.
d. The rock contains the mineral calcite.
WARM UP
1.
2.
12/11/2013
Rock identification is often difficult because
b. Without a microscope, fine-grained specimens tend
to look alike.
Limestone effervesces (bubble) with dilute HCL to
indicate
d. The rock contains the mineral calcite.
Agenda
12/11/2013
Use the textbook to complete the worksheet,
Chapter 4.
Page 126.
WARM UP
1.
2.
12/12/2013
The pink crystals in granite are
a. Quartz.
b. Biotite.
c. Basalt.
d. Calcite.
e. Feldspar.
On Earth, earthquakes occur:
a. Where plates separate.
b. Where plates slides past each other.
c. Where plates collide.
d. At locations not on plate boundaries due to cracks
in the Earth.
e. Earthquakes can occur at all of these.
WARM UP
1.
2.
12/12/2013
The pink crystals in granite are
e. Feldspar.
On Earth, earthquakes occur:
a. Where plates separate.
b. Where plates slides past each other.
c. Where plates collide.
d. At locations not on plate boundaries due to cracks
in the Earth.
e. Earthquakes can occur at all of these.
Agenda
12/12/2013
Practical!
Quiz on rock identification!
Go to each lab table and identify the rocks using the
worksheet provided.
WARM UP
1.
2.
12/13/2013
Earth’s crust contains a high concentration of
a. Platinum.
b. Silicon.
c. Zinc.
d. Copper.
Which of the following is NOT true. Gold, copper, and
silver
a. Are all minerals.
b. All have metallic luster.
c. Are each alloys.
d. Each exist as native elements.
WARM UP
1.
2.
12/13/2013
Earth’s crust contains a high concentration of
b. Silicon.
Which of the following is NOT true. Gold, copper, and
silver
a. Are all minerals.
b. All have metallic luster.
c. Are each alloys.
d. Each exist as native elements.
.
Agenda
12/13/2013
Happy Friday the 13th!
Create a diagram depicting what every child born in
the U.S.A. will require with regard to minerals, metals
and fuels in their lifetime. See pages 128-129.
Requirements
1.
WORK IN GROUPS NO LARGER THAN 2!!!
2.
Amount of each mineral or fuel per capita (per
person)
What it is used for, for example bauxite (aluminum)
is used to make buildings, beverage containers,
autos, airplanes
A visual concept of one billion, for example, $1
billion is a stack of $1,000 dollar bills stacked 330
feet high
You will present your poster on Monday
3.
4.
5.
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1.
2.
12/16/2013
A population tends to increase if the
a. Birthrate is high and death rate is low.
b. Birthrate is high and death rate is high.
c. Birthrate is low and death rate is high
d. Birthrate is low and death rate is low.
The major reason for the dramatic increase in the
world’s human population during the last 100 years is
a. Increasing birthrates.
b. Decreasing birthrates.
c. Improved day care for children.
d. Increasing death rates.
e. Decreasing death rates.
WARM UP
1.
2.
12/16/2013
A population tends to increase if the
a. Birthrate is high and death rate is low.
The major reason for the dramatic increase in the
world’s human population during the last 100 years is
e. Decreasing death rates.
Agenda
12/16/2013
Happy Monday! Present your Diagrams!
Create a diagram depicting what every child born in
the U.S.A. will require with regard to minerals, metals
and fuels in their lifetime. See pages 128-129.
Requirements
1.
Amount of each mineral or fuel per capita (per
person)
2.
What it is used for, for example bauxite (aluminum)
used to make buildings, beverage containers,
autos, airplanes
3. A visual concept of one billion, for example, $1
billion is a stack of $1,000 dollar bills stacked 330
feet high
4. You will present your poster on Monday
ES Warm Up
1.
2.
Jan 7th, 2014
A main advantage of raising children in the U.S. is
a. The care they have traditionally provided in old
age
b. The opportunity for sharing love and experiences
c. The help they provide around the house
Family planning is based on
a. The desire of people to practice birth control
b. The availability of birth control information
c. The availability of a wide variety of birth control
methods
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
ES Warm Up
1.
2.
Jan 7th, 2014
A main advantage of raising children in the U.S. is
b. The opportunity for sharing love and experiences
Family planning is based on
a. The desire of people to practice birth control
b. The availability of birth control information
c. The availability of a wide variety of birth control
methods
d. All of the above
ES Agenda
Jan 7th, 2014
Finish Movie “World in the Balance.”
Worksheet due at the end of the period.
ES Warm Up
1.
2.
Jan 8th, 2014
All of the following lower population growth rates
except
a. Public health programs
b. Birth control
c. Disease
d. Accidents
While retaining long life expectancy and low infant
mortality rates, populations can be stabilized by
achieving a
a. Lower birthrate
b. Higher birthrate
c. Lower death rate
d. Higher death rate
ES Warm Up
1.
2.
Jan 8th, 2014
All of the following lower population growth rates
except
a. Public health programs
While retaining long life expectancy and low infant
mortality rates, populations can be stabilized by
achieving a
a. Lower birthrate
ES Warm Up
1.
Even if all new couples decide to have two-child
families, ZPG (zero population growth) would not be
achieved immediately in the US and other developed
nations because
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
Jan 10th, 2013
Birth control practices are opposed by some powerful
religious groups
Some birth control methods are not too reliable
There is such a large percentage of young people in the
population
Our tax structure allows a family to claim an exemption for
each child
If a nonrenewable resource is consumed exponentially,
the quantity of resource consumed in the next doubling
would be
a.
b.
c.
The same as the quantity consumed in the previous
doubling
Four times as much as was consumed in the previous
doubling
More than was consumed in all previous doublings
ES Warm Up
1.
Jan 10th, 2013
Even if all new couples prefer and have two-child
families, zpg (zero population growth) would not be
achieved immediately in the US and other developed
nations because
c. There is such a large percentage of young people in the
population
2.
If a nonrenewable resource is consumed exponentially,
the quantity of resource consumed in the next doubling
would be
c. More than was consumed in all previous consumption
ES Agenda
Jan 10th, 2013
Human Population Growth
http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2011/world-population-datasheet/video-7-billion.aspx
“Am I ready for the responsibility of having children?”
Please get a calculator and complete the worksheet.
Use the following numbers to help you-make adjustments as you see fit.
1.
Food = $150 month x 12 months a year x 18 years (per child)
2.
Clothing = $150 month x 12 months a year x 18 years (per child)
3.
School/daycare = $300 month x 18 months
4.
Housing = $500-1500 month x 12 x 18
5.
Transportation = $500 month
6.
Entertainment = $100 month
7.
Utilities = $100
8.
Dental/eyes = $200 year
9.
Health Insurance = $350 month
10. Vacations $5,000 year
11. Recreation = $1000 year
12. College?
ES Agenda
Jan 13th, 2013
Human Population Growth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5V4Lt1i44I
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/88504
87/World-population-could-double-warns-UN.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_religions_an
d_babies.html
EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED ACTIVITY
Work in groups to create a concept map regarding
human population growth.
ES Agenda
Jan 14th, 2013
Human Population Growth
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/themagazine/the-magazine-latest/ngm-7billion/
Fatima’s Story: A Case Study
Person “A” will read a paragraph and then person
“B” will share with person “A” what was read in the
paragraph in their own words. Then Person “B” will
read a paragraph and Person “A” will share what
was read in their own words and so on and so forth.
You will then complete the questions on the back of
the sheet IN YOUR JOURNALS IN COMPLETE
SENTENCES!
ES Warm Up
1.
2.
Jan 22nd, 2013
If doubling time is 10 years, what would be the
percentage annual growth rate?
a. 5%
b. 7%
c. 9%
d. 11%
If you invest $3000 in a new energy source that pays
an annual interest rate of 14%, when will you have
$6000?
a. 1 year
b. 3 years
c. 5 years
d. 7 years
1.
2.
ES Warm Up
Jan 22nd, 2013
If doubling time is 10 years, what would be the
percentage annual growth rate?
b. 7%
If you invest $3000 in a new energy source that pays
an annual interest rate of 14%, when will you have
$6000?
c. 5 years
70/growth rate percentage = doubling time
ES Agenda
Jan 22nd, 2013
Human Population Growth
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/06/201
26191060849944.html
A Case Study: How many children will you have?
Do you want boys? Girls? How many of each?
In your journals, please title a page “Human Population
Growth” and write down how many children you want
and what gender you want.
Then take a coin and flip it. Heads are boys and tails are
girls. Keep flipping until you have the amount of children
you desire. Then answer the questions on the following
slide:
ES Agenda
Jan 22nd, 2013
Get a textbook and use the information in chapter 5 to help you
answer the following questions. Then answer these questions your
journals:
1.
Were you able to “have” the number of children you originally
said you wanted in the first scenario?
2.
How about the number of daughters and sons? Why?
3.
What factors besides income, determine how many children
people have? Name at least 4. pg 199, 201
4.
Why might a boy or girl child be preferred in the US?
5.
How might this vary from culture to culture? Name at least 2
reasons pg 201-202
6.
What difference does it make to a society’s population whether
there is a tradition of large family sizes or a tradition of small
family sizes?
7.
How do your personal family size decisions affect other people in
the society? Name at least 3 pg 202, 204, 206-207
8.
How do they affect the natural environment? Give at least 5
reasons.
ES Warm Up
Jan 23rd, 2013
Look at the following population histograms.
1. Which one represents the fastest growth?
2. What percentage of the population are 0-4 years
of age?
ES Warm Up
1.
2.
3.
Jan 23rd, 2013
Look at the following population histograms.
Which one represents the fastest growth? Kenya
What percentage of the population are 0-4 years
of age? Almost 20%
ES Agenda
Jan 23rd, 2013
We will watch a short video on how to create a
population histogram.
You are going to create a population histogram in
your journals.
You will need:
1.
a population sheet from a particular country
2.
a calculator
3.
a ruler
4.
your brain
There will be an example on the board of the histogram
you will draw in your journals.
First you need to fill in some information on your
population sheet: the percentages and the age groups.
ES Warm Up
Jan 27th, 2014
Please write the following definition and then answer
the questions below.
The Demographic Transition (DT) refers to the transition
from high birth and death rates as in under developed
countries to low birth and death rates as a country
develops from a pre-industrial to an industrialized
economic system.
1.
What are some reasons that people have less
children in more industrialized (or developed)
countries?
2.
What are some reasons that people will have more
children in less developed countries?
ES Warm Up
1.
What are some reasons that people have less
children in more industrialized (or developed)
countries?
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
Jan 27th, 2013
Urbanization
Cost of raising children
Decrease in infant deaths
Women’s increase in individual rights, education and
job opportunities
What are some reasons that people will have more
children in less developed countries?
a.
b.
c.
Their children may not survive
They need children to take care of them when they
are old
They need children to work in the fields
ES Agenda
Jan 27th, 2013
Movie clips: 7 billion and counting
The Science of Over Population
World Population
Population Clock-Time Bomb
Write 9 quiz questions with answers! 3 Questions for each video clip
Cardinal Time
Jan 29th, 2013
6th Period
Sit where I ask you to sit.
Worksheet: Are you ready for children?
ES Warm Up
1.
2.
Jan 29th, 2013
If the birth rate in the African country of Senegal is 39 per 1000
and the death rate is 10 per 1000, what is annual growth rate
of this population?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
3.9%
2.9%
1.0%
4.9%
.039%
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
13 years
19 years
1.9 years
54 years
25 years
What is the population doubling time for humans in Peru, a
country that has a birth rate of 19 per 1000 and a death rate
of 6 per 1000?
Birth Rate – Death Rate / 10
ES Warm Up
1.
If the birth rate in the African country of Senegal is 39 per
1000 and the death rate is 10 per 1000, what is annual
growth rate of this population?
b. 2.9%
2.
Jan 29th, 2014
What is the population doubling time for humans in Peru,
a country that has a birth rate of 19 per 1000 and a
death rate of 6 per 1000?
d. 54 years
ES Agenda
Jan 29th, 2014
• We will do a popcorn reading! Fatima’s Story
• I will assign someone to begin the reading.
• That person will read a minimum of two lines
(more if you would like!)
• Then call on someone to continue the reading.
• Everyone starts with a 100% participation grade.
• If you are called on, and don’t know where we are
in the reading you lose 10 points—each time.
• Write the questions on the next page in your
journals.
• Once you answer them, I will come by and stamp
them.
ES Cardinal Time
1. You
Jan 30th, 2014
will get your grades
2. You will read an article
3. You will show me any and
all assignments you may be
missing
ES Warm Up
1.
High population density can ____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2.
Jan 30th, 2014
hinder organisms from finding mates
Decrease biodiversity within a species
Decrease competition
Decrease the use of resources
Increase the incidence of disease transmission
Unregulated populations tend to increase by ______.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Linear growth
Exponential growth
Pyramidal growth
Emigration
Immigration
ES Warm Up
1.
2.
Jan 30th, 2014
High population density can ____.
e. Increase the incidence of disease transmission
Unregulated populations tend to increase by ______.
b. Exponential growth
ES Agenda
Jan 30th, 2014
• Population histograms
ES Warm Up
1.
Living things are able to do all of the following except
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2.
Jan 31st, 2014
Repair damaged parts
Reproduce themselves
Respond to their surroundings
Grow larger from the outside
Die and decompose
What piece of information do seeds NOT store for future
use?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
What kind of seed it is.
The exact location of where it was planted.
How to make roots, stems, and leaves.
How to make more seeds to make more plants.
How to maximize photosynthesis.
ES Warm Up
1.
Jan 30th, 2014
Living things are able to do all of the following except
d. Grow larger from the outside
2.
What piece of information do seeds NOT store for future
use?
b. The exact location of where it was planted.
ES Agenda
Fatima’s Story
Jan 30th, 2014
ES Warm Up
1.
Jan 31st, 2014
Of the following, which BEST describes what a seed
is?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
A small leaf.
A special type of virus.
A reproductive structure that contains a plant embryo
and stored food.
A piece of stem that can grow into a plant.
The part of a plant that photosynthesizes.
All of the following are products that come from seeds
except
Coffee.
Vegetable oil.
Mustard.
Peanut butter.
Maple syrup.
ES Warm Up
1.
Jan 31st, 2014
Of the following, which BEST describes what a seed
is?
c. A reproductive structure that contains a plant embryo
and stored food.
2.
a.
All of the following are products that come from seeds
except
Maple syrup. Sap comes from starch stored in trees
for winter time and come out in the spring.
ES Agenda
The Story of Stuff
Jan 31st, 2014
ES Warm Up
Feb 3rd, 2014
Advantages of having a variety of tomatoes include
all of the following except
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Some varieties are more resistant to drought.
Some varieties resist insect attack better than other.
Varieties vary in tastes that appeal to different people
Varieties provide choice and choice takes time.
Varieties vary in their nutritional value.
Which of the following is NOT part of the natural
selection process?
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Variation within a population.
The fittest have a survival advantage.
Desirable traits are passed on to new generations.
Competition over time can lead to extinction.
Weak traits can band together to survive anyway.
ES Warm Up
Feb 3rd, 2014
Advantages of having a variety of tomatoes include
all of the following except
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Some varieties are more resistant to drought.
Some varieties resist insect attack better than other.
Varieties vary in tastes that appeal to different people
Varieties provide choice and choice takes time.
Varieties vary in their nutritional value.
Which of the following is NOT part of the natural
selection process?
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Variation within a population.
The fittest have a survival advantage.
Desirable traits are passed on to new generations.
Competition over time can lead to extinction.
Weak traits can band together to survive anyway.
ES Agenda
Feb 3rd, 2014
Answer the questions in Chapter 6 of the
textbook.
You will get two grades today.
One is a participation grade: each time I have to
redirect you for talking, sleeping, etc. you will
lose 10 points.
This is independent work.
There will be no talking.
The second grade will be on how many questions
you can complete.
Then you will pick a question to draw a picture of
for our word wall.
ES Warm Up
1.
Which of the following is not a measure of biodiversity?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2.
Feb 4th, 2014
Ecosystem diversity
Genetic diversity
Species diversity
Species richness
Economic diversity
Which of the following is an example of artificial
selection?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Cichlids have diversified into nearly 200 species in Lake
Tangayika.
Whales have evolved tails that help propel them through
water.
Darwin’s finches have beaks adapted to eating different
food.
Ostriches have lost the ability to fly.
Thoroughbred racehorses have been bred for speed.
ES Warm Up
1.
Feb 4th, 2014
Which of the following is not a measure of biodiversity?
e. Economic diversity
2.
Which of the following is an example of artificial
selection?
e. Thoroughbred racehorses have been bred for speed.
ES Agenda
Feb 4th, 2014
Finish worksheet (10 mins)
Pick a vocabulary word and draw a picture
Post the picture, do a gallery walk & record defs
Ethical
Aesthetic
Economic Ecological
Emotive
Intellectual
Growth &
Repair
Reproduction
Change
& Adapt
Movement
Response
Death
Cells
Heterotrophic
Vascular
plants
Nonvascular
plants
Elements
Molecules
DNA
Seeds
Proteome Angiosperms
Gymnosperms
Spoilage
IPM
Biological
control
Biomagnification
Symbiosis
Invasive
Species
Germplasm
Seed
banks
Genetic
IBPGR
engineering
Genes
Biotechnology
hybridization
ES Warm Up
1.
Animal cells have all of the following characteristics
EXCEPT
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2.
Feb 5th, 2014
Rectangular shape
Cell membrane
Nucleus
A curved surface
organelles
Extinction is the term used when all members of a
species
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
disappear off the face of the planet.
die out locally.
live in zoos.
are threatened with habitat loss
many members disappear in a locality.
ES Warm Up
1.
Animal cells have all of the following characteristics
EXCEPT
a.
2.
Feb 5th, 2014
Rectangular shape
Extinction is the term used when all members of a
species
A. Gone off the planet
ES Agenda
Feb 5th, 2014
Pre-Lab Seed Adaptation
1. We will take turns reading page 229, 6.4
2. Pick a partner
3. Determine the type of experiment you would
like to perform on some seeds.
4. In your journals, set up your experiment.
a. Identify the independent variable
b. Identify the dependent variable
c. What is the control?
d. Draw a diagram in your journal.
e. Get my approval before beginning your
experiment.
ES Warm Up
1.
Insects adapt readily to environmental change because
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2.
Feb 6th, 2014
They are widespread.
They are numerous.
They contain great variability across species.
They reproduce rapidly
All of these are reasons.
Monocultures involve
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Small plots of land.
The growing of one kind of crop in a large area.
Genetically engineered crops.
Setting aside land as wilderness.
Saving seeds for future generations.
ES Warm Up
Insects adapt readily to environmental change because
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2.
Feb 6th, 2014
They are widespread.
They are numerous.
They contain great variability across species.
They reproduce rapidly
All of these are reasons.
Monocultures involve
b. The growing of one kind of crop in a large area.
ES Agenda
Review
Game—whiteboards
Feb 6th, 2014
ES Warm Up
1.
A pesticide that kills spiders is called a(n)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2.
Feb 10th, 2014
Fungicide
Arachnicide
Herbicide
Insecticide
rodenticide
Even though the fittest survive, nature is very diverse
because
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
There can be many niches in a small area.
Populations became separated when the earth’s plates
separated.
Warm climates can support a greater variety of species.
Organisms can gain benefit from one another (symbiosis).
All of the above.
ES Warm Up
1.
Feb 10th, 2014
A pesticide that kills spiders is called a(n)
b. Arachnicide
2.
Even though the fittest survive, nature is very diverse
because
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
There can be many niches in a small area.
Populations became separated when the earth’s plates
separated.
Warm climates can support a greater variety of species.
Organisms can gain benefit from one another (symbiosis).
All of the above.
ES Agenda
Feb 10th, 2014
GRADE “THE STORY OF STUFF”
TEST
EXTRA CREDIT
Please write the answer on the back of your
scantron.
Write an essay on the story of stuff.
Think about these questions:
What was the movie about? What was the message?
Why are people that normally live off the land
moving into the cities?
What people are the most vulnerable to toxins in
the environment?
Please write at least 2 paragraphs.
ES Warm Up
1.
Which of the following is a scientific reason for preserving
biological diversity?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2.
Feb 11th, 2014
All life has a right to exist.
Variety adds enjoyment to life.
Diversity brings stability to the biosphere.
Diversity has economic payoffs.
None of the above are scientific reasons.
Setting land aside to preserve diversity is an example of
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Wilderness preservation.
Seed banks.
Cryopreservation.
Biotechnology.
Genetic engineering.
ES Warm Up
1.
Feb 11th, 2014
Which of the following is a scientific reason for preserving
biological diversity?
c. Diversity brings stability to the biosphere.
2.
Setting land aside to preserve diversity is an example of
a.
Wilderness preservation.
ES Agenda
Feb 11th, 2014
NEW UNIT
AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION
USING THE TEXTBOOK (CHAPTER 7) ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS IN YOUR JOURNALS.
THIS IS INDEPENDENT WORK!
ES Warm Up
Feb 12th, 2014
Which one of the following are organic molecules are
needed by higher animals to perform specific
biological functions (e.g. blood clotting)?
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Water
Proteins
Vitamins
Carbohydrates
fats
The building blocks used for making proteins are
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Fatty acids
Amino acids
Nucleotides
Simple sugars
Nitrogen bases
Feb 12th, 2014
ES Warm Up Answers
1.
Which one of the following are organic molecules are
needed by higher animals to perform specific
biological functions (e.g. blood clotting)?
c. Vitamins
2.
The building blocks used for making proteins are
b. Amino acids
There are 20 amino acids, 8 of which
Your body cannot make, you must
Consume them in meat and dairy products.
ES Agenda
Feb 12th, 2014
Finish Text Book Questions.
ES Warm Up
Feb 13th, 2014
Seeds can be an excellent source of all of the following
except
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Carbohydrates
Protein
Starch
Sugar
Fat
Which statement about earth’s carrying capacity for
humans is not true?
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
As the standard of living goes up, the carrying capacity goes
down.
The earth can support more vegetarian than meat eaters.
There is no one single number for the earth’s carrying
capacity.
Scientists have accurately determined that the earth’s
carrying capacity is well over 100 billion.
ES Warm Up
Feb 13th, 2014
Seeds can be an excellent source of all of the following
except
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Carbohydrates
Protein
Starch
Sugar
Fat
Which statement about earth’s carrying capacity for
humans is not true?
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
As the standard of living goes up, the carrying capacity goes
down.
The earth can support more vegetarian than meat eaters.
There is no one single number for the earth’s carrying
capacity.
Scientists have accurately determined that the earth’s
carrying capacity is well over 100 billion.
ES Agenda
Food, Inc.
continued
Feb 13th, 2014
ES Warm UP
Feb 18th, 2014
Which layer of soil is of most value because it
supports agricultural crops?
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
C-horizon
A-horizon
O-horizon
B-horizon
All of the following are characteristics of soil that
indicate it is good for agriculture EXCEPT:
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
High in organic matter
Drains well
Contains potash, phosphorus, nitrogen
Salinization
Feb 18th, 2014
ES Warm Up Answers
1.
Which layer of soil is of most value because it
supports agricultural crops?
b. A-horizon
2.
All of the following are characteristics of soil that
indicate it is good for agriculture EXCEPT:
d. Salinization- the process of increasing the salt content in
soil. Salinization is mainly caused by irrigation.
ES Agenda
Feb 18th, 2014
Write a one page essay on the water cycle.
Think about the following:
Precipitation
Infiltration
Evaporation
Condensation
Run off
Ground water
ES Warm UP
Feb 19th, 2014
The number of Calories you need each day is based
on your
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Age
Gender
Size
Activities
All of these are factors
A person’s surface area is most closely related to
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Age
Heat loss
Gender
Activity level
ES Warm UP
1.
Feb 19th, 2014
The number of Calories you need each day is based
on your
e. All of these are factors, age, activities, gender, size
2.
A person’s surface area is most closely related to
b. Heat loss
ES Agenda
Feb 19th, 2014
PPT. Agriculture and Nutrition
continued…
ES Warm UP
Feb 20th, 2014
All of the following are ways to practice good
nutrition EXCEPT:
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Increase the intake of fats, oils and sweets
Eat a high variety of foods
Increase the amount of vegetables, fruits and grains
Eat meat, poultry, and fish in moderation
Earth’s carrying capacity …
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Is expected to rise due to an increase in living standards
Is expected to reach 100,000 billion
Is expected to decrease due to a decrease in living
standards
Is expected to decrease due to an increase in living
standards
ES Warm UP
1.
All of the following are ways to practice good
nutrition EXCEPT:
a.
2.
Feb 20th, 2014
Increase the intake of fats, oils and sweets
Earth’s carrying capacity …
d. Is expected to decrease due to an increase in living
standards
ES Agenda
Feb 20th, 2014
Arable Land LabARABLE- (of land) used or suitable for growing crops. –
Merriam Webster
Write down the following questions in your journals:
1. How much topsoil did America’s farmland have 2oo
years ago?
2. How much is there today?
3. How much farmland did we lose between 1932 and
1992?
4. How did we lose it?
5. How much do we lose worldwide per year?
6. Why does it matter? Write down at least 4 reasons.
Answer while watching the video clip, “A Culture of
Conservation”
ES Agenda
Feb 20th, 2014
I NEED A ONE PAGE ESSAY ON THE FOLLOWING:
What role does agriculture play in your life?
Think about the following: the movie FOOD INC.
What do you eat during a typical day?
How was that food grown?
Where did the water come from to grow it?
If you eat lots of meat, what do those animals
eat?
Where do they get slaughtered?
Is it healthy?
What kind of products are in the foods you eat,
such as soda’s, processed foods such as chips,
boxed food, crackers, cereal, etc.?
Do you know what is in the food you eat?
Should you have a right to know?
ES Warm UP
Feb 21st, 2014
GMOs are …
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Conservation practices used on soil
Systems designed to reduce erosion
Genetically modified organisms
Proteins that make up seeds
Food practices today are …
2.
a.
b.
c.
Highly regulated and animals are treated humanely
Diminished almost to the point where they were in the
early 1900s
Practiced sustainably and people and animals are
healthier than ever
ES Warm UP
1.
Feb 21st, 2014
GMOs are …
c. Genetically modified organisms
2.
Food practices today are …
b. Diminished almost to the point where they were in the
early 1900s
ES Agenda
Feb 21st, 2014
One page writing to turn in for a grade:
Write a page about:
A lab you did at any time during your
school experience that was the most fun!
Think about how old you were when you
did it.
What was the most fun about it? Did you
learn anything?
Do you remember the teacher that taught
it?
Is there is a lab you would like to do in
this class?
ES Warm UP
Feb 24th, 2014
Succession …
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Can be either primary or secondary
Is the natural process of organisms recovering after a
disturbance
Is a state that most agriculture fields maintain today to
ensure the best environment from crops
All of the above
Corn in the U.S. is
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
85% genetically modified
Contribute ingredients to ketchup, vanilla extract, cake
m ix, margarine, white vinegar, and soft drinks
Is mostly owned by the company that invented Agent
Orange
All of the above
ES Warm UP
Feb 24th, 2014
Succession …
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Can be either primary or secondary
Is the natural process of organisms recovering after a
disturbance
Is a state that most agriculture fields maintain today to
ensure the best environment from crops
All of the above
Corn in the U.S. is
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
85% genetically modified
Contribute ingredients to ketchup, vanilla extract, cake
m ix, margarine, white vinegar, and soft drinks
Is mostly owned by the company that invented Agent
Orange
All of the above
ES Agenda
Feb 24th, 2014
Population Carrying Capacity Bill Nye
and Movie Sheet
ES Warm UP
Feb 25th, 2014
Subsidies …
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Are assistance to a business or economic sector or
producers from the government
Have allowed soft drinks prices to decrease by 23%
while the price of fruits and vegetables have increased
by almost 40%
Are well known by the public—specific amounts and to
which companies they go to
A and B
Nearly all processed food…
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Is good for you
Is a healthy mixture of grains, vegetables and fruits
Contains high fructose corn syrup
All of the above
ES Warm UP
1.
Feb 25th, 2014
Subsidies …
assistance to a business or economic sector or
producers from the government
b. Have allowed soft drinks prices to decrease by 23%
while the price of fruits and vegetables have increased
by almost 40%
d. A and B
a.
2.
Nearly all processed food
c. Contains high fructose corn syrup
ES Agenda
Feb 25th, 2014
Population Carrying Capacity Lab
Define the following in your journals:
Carrying capacity( in the handout)
Competition-Competition in biology and ecology is a
contest between organisms, animals, individuals,
groups, etc., for territory, a niche, or resources.
Population-a group of the same species of organisms
living in a given area.
Identify the population and the competition in the
lab.
Tragedy of the commons-individuals, acting
independently and rationally according to each one's
self-interest, behave contrary to the whole group's longterm best interests by depleting some common
resource.
ES Warm UP
Feb 26th, 2014
Populations have a tendency to
a.
b.
c.
Fluctuate depending on the food supply
Stay the same over time
Increase linearly
Carrying capacity refers to
a.
b.
c.
Populations of different species of organisms and their
habitat
The amount of one species a given environment can
support sustainably.
The least amount of organisms that can survive in a
particular niche.
ES Warm UP
Feb 26th, 2014
Populations have a tendency to
a.
Fluctuate depending on the food supply
Carrying capacity refers to
b. The amount of one species a given environment can
support sustainably.
ES Agenda
Dirt the movie.
Feb 26th, 2014
ES Warm Up
1.
The tragedy of the commons refers to
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
February 27th,2014
The tragedy of pollution
The tragedy of over population
The idea that common resource owned by no one and
used by everyone will be over used until it is worthless
None of the above
Describe three areas of the planet that are vulnerable
to the “tragedy of the commons.”
a.
b.
c.
ES Warm Up
1.
February 27th,2014
The tragedy of the commons refers to
c. The idea that common resource owned by no one and used
by everyone will be over used until it is worthless
2.
Describe three areas of the planet that are vulnerable
to the “tragedy of the commons.”
a.
b.
c.
ES Agenda
Dirt the movie.
Feb 27th, 2014
ES Warm Up
1.
All of the following are NON-renewable forms of energy
EXCEPT
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
March 3rd,2014
Oil
Natural gas
Coal
hydroelectric
Which of the following are possible waste products
given off from petroleum combustion?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Soot and sulfur gases
Carbon dioxide and fly ash
Water and carbon dioxide
Carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides
ES Warm Up
1.
March 3rd,2014
All of the following are NON-renewable forms of energy
EXCEPT
d. hydroelectric
2.
Which of the following are possible waste products
given off from petroleum combustion?
c. Water and carbon dioxide
http://science.howstuffworks.com/30198-really-big-thingshydroelectric-power-video.htm
ES Agenda
March 3rd, 2014
Chapter 8 questions from text
ES Warm UP
March 4th, 2014
At an electric power plant, electricity is produced in the
a.
b.
c.
d.
Turbine
Condenser
Generator
Precipitator
Cooling towers cool the water that comes off the
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Generator
Turbine
Boiler
Coal silo
Pulverizer
ES Warm UP
March 4th, 2014
At an electric power plant, electricity is produced in the
c. Generator
Cooling towers cool the water that comes off the
b. Turbine
ES Agenda
Chapter 8 Questions
March 4th, 2014
ES Warm Up
1.
All of the following are true about oil as an energy
source for the United States, except
d.
Oil is derived from the remains of prehistoric marine
organisms.
Oil is trapped underground in a variety of geologic
formations.
Oil is very plentiful and domestic supplies should last for
centuries.
Oil is easily stored, transported, and consumed.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Sedimentary deposits in seas
Sedimentary deposits on land
Metamorphic deposits in seas
Metamorphic deposits on land
a.
b.
c.
2.
March 5th,2014
In what kind of geologic formations are oil deposits most
likely to develop?
ES Warm Up
1.
All of the following are true about oil as an energy
source for the United States, except
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
March 5th,2014
Oil is derived from the remains of prehistoric marine
organisms.
Oil is trapped underground in a variety of geologic
formations.
Oil is very plentiful and domestic supplies should last for
centuries.
Oil is easily stored, transported, and consumed.
In what kind of geologic formations are oil deposits most
likely to develop?
a.
Sedimentary deposits in seas
ES Agenda
Energy ppt.
March 5th, 2014
ES Warm Up
March 6th,2014
What reactant is left out of the following chemical
reaction for natural gas combustion?
Natural Gas  Carbon Dioxide + Heat + Water
1.
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Wastes
Oxygen
Coal
Nothing
a.
b.
c.
Plants contain no oil or fat.
Decomposition is more complete in stagnant conditions.
Bacteria could not work to complete their action under
these conditions.
Running water would have decreased decomposition of
plant material.
Why must coal have been formed in stagnant waters?
d.
ES Warm Up
March 6th, 2014
What reactant is left out of the following chemical
reaction for natural gas combustion?
Natural Gas  Carbon Dioxide + Heat + Water
1.
b. Oxygen
2.
Why must coal have been formed in stagnant waters?
c. Bacteria could not work to complete their action under
these conditions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8VqWKZIPrM
ES Agenda
The Last Mountain.
March 6th, 2014
ES Agenda
The Last Mountain.
March 7th, 2014
ES Warm Up
1.
Which one of the following statements about energy
transitions is correct?
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
March 17th,2014
The U.S. has switched from wood to oil.
The U.S. has switched from oil to coal.
The U.S. has switched from nuclear to solar.
The U.S. has switched from wood to coal.
The energy content of a fuel is the
a.
b.
c.
d.
Number of kWh in the fuel.
Amount of energy in a kilogram of fuel.
Amount of energy in the fuel.
Number of calories in a square centimeter of fuel.
ES Warm Up
1.
March 17th,2014
Which one of the following statements about energy
transitions is correct?
d. The U.S. has switched from wood to coal.
2.
The energy content of a fuel is the
b. Amount of energy in a kilogram of fuel.
ES Agenda
March 17th, 2014
Go over tests, then the movie FUEL.
ES Warm Up
1.
What do we call layers of sediment in which petroleum
formed?
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
March 18th,2014
Reservoir beds
Water beds
Source beds
Sedimentary beds
Which of the following are possible waste products
given off from petroleum combustion?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Soot and sulfur gases
Carbon dioxide and fly ash
Water and carbon dioxide
Carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides
ES Warm Up
1.
What do we call layers of sediment in which petroleum
formed?
c. Source beds
2.
March 18th,2014
Which of the following are possible waste products
given off from petroleum combustion?
c. Water and carbon dioxide
ES Agenda
Fuel, the movie.
March 18th, 2014
ES Warm Up
1.
Heat powered electric generating plants ALWAYS
produce a certain amount of
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
March 19th,2014
Nuclear wastes
Smoke particles
Thermal pollution
Sulfur gases
The practice of dumping waste heat into nearby lakes,
rivers, or bays results in
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Increased metabolic rates in fish
Thermal pollution
Lowered populations of desirable fish.
Dissolved oxygen loss.
All of these are problems.
ES Warm Up
1.
March 19th,2014
Electric generating plants ALWAYS produce a certain
amount of
c. Thermal pollution
2.
The practice of dumping waste heat into nearby lakes,
rivers, or bays results in
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Increased metabolic rates in fish
Thermal pollution
Lowered populations of desirable fish.
Dissolved oxygen loss.
All of these are problems.
ES Agenda
March 19th, 2014
Please put your name next to one of
resources listed below. You will do
research on this resource and answer
the questions on the handout. You will
present your findings tomorrow.
Bauxite
Gold
Cobalt
Natural gas
Limestone
Asbestos
Plastics
Nitrogen
Paper
Copper
Platinum
Diamonds
Zinc Oil
Sulfur
Rubber
Cotton
Coal
Chromium
Silver
Barium
Tin
Antimony
Iron ore
Manganese
Graphite
Lead
Cadmium
Phosphorus
ES Warm Up
1.
Why is surface mining a problem?
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
March 20th,2014
Irrigation is needed to reclaim the land.
It removes good topsoil from productive use.
It creates erosional problems.
All of the above.
Which of the following types of coal is found mostly in
eastern Pennsylvania?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Peat
Lignite
Bituminous
Anthracite
ES Warm Up
1.
Why is surface mining a problem?
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
March 20th,2014
Irrigation is needed to reclaim the land.
It removes good topsoil from productive use.
It creates erosional problems.
All of the above.
Which of the following types of coal is found mostly in
eastern Pennsylvania?
d. Anthracite
ES Agenda
March 20th, 2014
In your journals write down these
questions. You will answer these as your
class-mates present their material.
1. What is the resource?
2. Where does it come from?
3. Are there any concerns over this
resource?
4. What can you do to conserve this
resource?
ES Warm Up
1.
2.
March 21st,2014
Identify the type of coal mining where a cutter (shearer)
is pulled back and forth across a mine face. The
loosened coal drops onto a conveyor. As the mining
machine cuts its way into the seam, hydraulic jacks
automatically push steel roof supports forward. The roof
behind is allowed to fall.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Surface
Conventional
Continuous
Longwall
a.
b.
c.
d.
Longwall mining.
Surface mining.
Room-and-pillar mining.
Continuous mining.
The cheapest way to mine coal is
ES Warm Up
1.
Identify the type of coal mining where a cutter (shearer)
is pulled back and forth across a mine face. The
loosened coal drops onto a conveyor. As the mining
machine cuts its way into the seam, hydraulic jacks
automatically push steel roof supports forward. The roof
behind is allowed to fall.
a.
2.
March 21st,2014
Longwall –See video clip longwall mining
The cheapest way to mine coal is
b. Surface mining.
ES Agenda
Cookie Mining Lab
March 21st, 2014
ES Warm Up
1.
Which fuel burns cleanest?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2.
March 24th,2014
Natural gas
Coal
Oil
Wood
Tar
The products of coal combustion make coal look like a
poor fuel. Why are we returning to coal as a significant
source of energy?
a.
b.
c.
d.
We have a lot of coal.
We are running out of petroleum.
Coal decreases our need for foreign oil.
All of the above.
ES Warm Up
1.
Which fuel burns cleanest?
a.
2.
March 24th,2014
Natural gas
The products of coal combustion make coal look like a
poor fuel. Why are we returning to coal as a significant
source of energy?
a.
b.
c.
d.
We have a lot of coal.
We are running out of petroleum.
Coal decreases our need for foreign oil.
All of the above.
ES Agenda
Open Notes Quiz
March 24th, 2014
ES Warm Up
1.
2.
March 25th,2014
The nucleus of an atom does not contain
a. Electrons
b. Protons
c. Neutrons
The chemical properties of an atom are determined by
its
a.
b.
c.
d.
Atomic number
Number of isotopes
Ability to fission
Mass number
ES Warm Up
1.
2.
March 25th,2014
The nucleus of an atom does not contain
a. Electrons
The chemical properties of an atom are determined by
its
Atomic number
THE NUMBER OF PROTONS DETERMINES WHAT KIND OF ELEMENT
IT IS.
a.
ES Agenda
March 25th, 2014
Text book questions on Nuclear Energy
Mar 26th, 2014
Write down the following questions, and leave space
in between to answer them.
1. What is radioactive decay?
2. Why do large elements need more neutrons than
smaller elements?
3. What is alpha, beta and gamma decay?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFdR_yMKOCw
MAR 26th, 2014
1.
2.
3.
What is radioactive decay? Radioactive decay, also
known as radioactivity, is the process by which a
nucleus of an unstable atom loses energy by
emitting particles of ionizing radiation. A material
that spontaneously emits this kind of radiation—
which includes the emission of energetic alpha
particles, beta particles, and gamma rays—is
considered radioactive.
Why do large elements need more neutrons than
smaller elements? Because protons are positively
charged and are repelled by each other. Without
many more neutrons, the nucleus would fall apart.
What is alpha, beta and gamma decay? Alpha
loses two protons and two neutrons, beta loses an
electron(positron or electron) and gamma emits
high frequency energy.
ES Agenda
March 26th, 2014
Write down the following questions down in
your journal and answer them while watching
the movie clip (Inside the Nuclear Reactor):
1. How hot does it get in the reactor?
2. How much pressure is there?
3. What are the pellets made out of?
4. What is the analogy he uses to compare
fission “splitting the atom?”
5. What is the last thing needed to make the
neutrons to be absorbed by uranium atoms?
Start “Seconds from Disaster”
Mar 27th, 2014
1.
2.
3.
What happened in Chernobyl?
Why is nuclear energy so dangerous?
What is one big problem with using nuclear
energy?
Mar 27th, 2014
1.
2.
3.
What happened in Chernobyl? A nuclear reactor
meltdown.
Why is nuclear energy so dangerous? It can last
for hundreds of thousands of years.
What is one big problem with using nuclear
energy? Waste disposal.
ES Agenda
March 27th, 2014
1. Finish
“Seconds from Disaster” Chernobyl
2. Start Chernobyl 30 years later
Mar 28th, 2014
Why would anyone want to change coal into a gas
or liquid when it works perfectly well as a solid?
1.
a.
b.
c.
Homes use gas.
Cars use a liquid.
Both a and b.
The chemical symbol for methane gas is
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
CO2
H2O
H2
CO
CH4
Mar 28th, 2014
Why would anyone want to change coal into a gas
or liquid when it works perfectly well as a solid?
1.
a.
b.
c.
2.
Homes use gas.
Cars use a liquid.
Both a and b.
The chemical symbol for methane gas is
e. CH4
ES Agenda
March 28th, 2014
1. Work on questions from chapter 11 in your
textbooks.
Mar 31st, 2014
A biomass energy sources uses materials that were
once
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Dead.
Living.
Massive.
Happy.
Interest in developing biofuels is increasing for all of
these reasons EXCEPT:
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Competition for crude oil is increasing.
Crude oil is mainly supplies by unstable countries
Biofuel from corn raises the price of food.
Air pollution from burning fossil fuels impacts our health.
Mar 31st, 2014
1.
A biomass energy sources uses materials that were
once
b. Living.
2.
Interest in developing biofuels is increasing for all of
these reasons EXCEPT:
c. Biofuel from corn raises the price of food.
ES Agenda
March 31st, 2014
1. Work on questions from chapter 11 in your
textbooks.
2. As soon as you finish you can pick the energy
source you will using to create a popup book!
April 1st, 2014
Biofuels can be made from
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Switch grass
Poplar trees
Algae and duckweed
Corn and sugar cane
All of these
Biofuels are of interest because
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Liquid fuels can be produced.
Gaseous fuels can be produced.
Waste volumes can be reduced.
All of these are reasons.
April 1st, 2014
Biofuels can be made from
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Switch grass
Poplar trees
Algae and duckweed
Corn and sugar cane
All of these
Biofuels are of interest because
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Liquid fuels can be produced.
Gaseous fuels can be produced.
Waste volumes can be reduced.
All of these are reasons.
ES Agenda
April 1st, 2014
1. Work on Pop-up Books Chapters 9-11
You will work in pairs
Pick an energy source (one per pair):
1. Biomass
2. Synthetic Fuels
3. Petroleum (oil)
4. Solar Energy
5. Tidal Energy
6. Wind Energy
7. Geothermal Energy
8. Natural Gas
9. Hydroelectric Energy
10. Coal
11. Nuclear Energy
12. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
13. Orbiting Solar Satellite Energy
14. Concentrating Solar Power
Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Chapter 9
Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Chapter 9
Chapter 11
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Chapter 11
April 2nd, 2014
This method extracts energy from crops and organic
waste.
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Coal gasification
Biomass conversion
Solar thermal energy conversion
Ocean thermal energy conversion
In terms of biomass processes, how can grain be used to
operate farm machinery and provide protein for cattle?
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Sell some grain to buy gasoline and feed the remaining
grain to cattle.
Sell the grain to buy gasoline and hay.
Ferment the grain to make alcohol and then feed high
protein mash to cattle.
It cannot.
April 2nd, 2014
1.
This method extracts energy from crops and organic
waste.
b. Biomass conversion
2.
In terms of biomass processes, how can grain be
used to operate farm machinery and provide
protein for cattle?
c. Ferment the grain to make alcohol and then feed high
protein mash to cattle.
ES Agenda
April 2nd, 2014
1. Cook food in the solar ovens!
2. Popup book on alternative energies.
April 3rd, 2014
Why is Ocean Thermal Gradient Energy included with
solar energy?
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The sun is the energy source that makes it work.
The sun heats the top ocean layer.
The temperature difference results from properties of solar
radiation.
All of the above.
Where would it be advantageous to use wind energy
today?
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
In places where is energy is very expensive
Where air pollution is a real problem
At remote locations where long transmission lines are too
expensive.
All of the above.
April 3rd, 2014
Why is Ocean Thermal Gradient Energy included with
solar energy?
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The sun is the energy source that makes it work.
The sun heats the top ocean layer.
The temperature difference results from properties of solar
radiation.
All of the above.
Where would it be advantageous to use wind energy
today?
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
In places where is energy is very expensive
Where air pollution is a real problem
At remote locations where long transmission lines are too
expensive.
All of the above.
ES Agenda
April 3rd, 2014
1. Finish Popup book on alternative energies.
April 4th, 2014
What does the power output of a wind machine
depend on?
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Cloudiness and temperature
Wind velocity and diameter of blades
Height of wind machine and temperature
Geothermal technology and mechanical losses
What is the major drawback of wind machines?
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Residues given off
Air pollution
Decapitation
Land use
April 4th, 2014
1.
What does the power output of a wind machine
depend on?
b. Wind velocity and diameter of blades
2.
What is the major drawback of wind machines?
d. Land use
ES Agenda
April 4th, 2014
Present pop-up book.
Write down the following questions in your journals,
you will answer these questions for each energy
source:
1. Where does this form of energy come from?
2. Does it need to be processed in order to be
usable?
3. What do we use this energy for?
4. What are the waste products?
5. Is this renewable or non-renewable source of
energy?
April 7th, 2014
Which of the following is NOT an environmental problem
related to coal gasification and liquefaction?
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The coal gasification process consumes water and water is
a scarce resource in the West.
The coal gasification process produces some
carcinogenic by-products that must be removed from
plant emissions.
Coal and gasification and liquefaction processes produce
some solid wastes that present a disposal problem.
All of these are problems.
Which of the following is not a synfuel?
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Oil shale from the Green River formation
Diesel fuel from Saudi Arabia
Tar sands in Alberta
Liquefaction of coal
April 7th, 2014
Which of the following is NOT an environmental
problem related to coal gasification and
liquefaction?
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
The coal gasification process consumes water and
water is a scarce resource in the West.
The coal gasification process produces some
carcinogenic by-products that must be removed from
plant emissions.
Coal and gasification and liquefaction processes
produce some solid wastes that present a disposal
problem.
All of these are problems.
Which of the following is not a synfuel?
b. Diesel fuel from Saudi Arabia
ES Agenda
April 7th, 2014
Computer Lab
ENERGY ALTERNATIVES LAB
GO OVER WORKSHEET DUE AT THE END OF THE CLASS
April 8th, 2014
What are the two categories of solar heating?
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Heating and cooling
Ocean thermal and solar satellites
Active and passive
Positive and negative
Which of the following is a disadvantage of passive
solar systems?
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Not simple to maintain.
Does not produce heat “on demand.”
Does not reduce energy needs.
None of these.
April 8th, 2014
1.
What are the two categories of solar heating?
c. Active and passive
2.
Which of the following is a disadvantage of passive
solar systems?
b. Does not produce heat “on demand.”
ES Agenda
Finish Presentations
Energy Alternatives Video
April 8th, 2014
April 9th, 2014
Most current solar energy units for homes are
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Cheap to buy and expensive to operate.
Cheap to buy and cheap to operate.
Expensive to buy and cheap to operate.
Expensive to buy and expensive to operate.
Which of the following is a disadvantage for using
solar-heated steam electrical generators?
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Energy is free.
Energy is embargo proof.
Can be installed on poor land.
Operates in the day.
April 9th, 2014
1.
Most current solar energy units for homes are
c. Expensive to buy and cheap to operate.
2.
Which of the following is a disadvantage for using
solar-heated steam electrical generators?
d. Operates in the day.
ES Agenda
Alternative Energies ppt.
NOTES
April 9th, 2014
April 10th, 2014
A solar cell converts
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Light into electrical energy.
Electrical energy into light.
Mechanical energy into electrical energy.
Chemical into electrical energy.
This alternative collects solar energy to make large
quantities of steam for electricity.
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Breeder reactor
Photovoltaic conversion
Geothermal energy
Solar thermal energy conversion
April 10th, 2014
1.
A solar cell converts
a.
2.
Light into electrical energy.
This alternative collects solar energy to make large
quantities of steam for electricity.
d. Solar thermal energy conversion
ES Agenda
April 10th, 2014
Finish ppt. on Energy Alternatives
Start Biomass Lab
April 11th, 2014
The power output of a solar cell is measured in watts,
which is a product of
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Ohms x volts
Volts x amps
Ohms x amps
Watts x volts
A large solar collector absorbs 80 kilowatts of power
for a period of 10 hours. How much energy is
available from the collector?
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
150 kWh
500 kWh
800 kWh
1000 kWh
April 11th, 2014
1.
The power output of a solar cell is measured in watts,
which is a product of
b. Volts x amps
2.
A large solar collector absorbs 80 kilowatts of power
for a period of 10 hours. How much energy is
available from the collector?
c. 800 kWh
ES Agenda
Weigh biomass
Cook food in solar ovens
April 10th, 2014
April 14th, 2014
The power output of a solar cell is measured in watts,
which is a product of
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Ohms x volts
Volts x amps
Ohms x amps
Watts x volts
A large solar collector absorbs 80 kilowatts of power
for a period of 10 hours. How much energy is
available from the collector?
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
150 kWh
500 kWh
800 kWh
1000 kWh
April 14th, 2014
1.
The power output of a solar cell is measured in watts,
which is a product of
b. Volts x amps
2.
A large solar collector absorbs 80 kilowatts of power
for a period of 10 hours. How much energy is
available from the collector?
c. 800 kWh
ES Agenda
Test Energy Alternatives
April 14th, 2014
April 15th, 2014
This flammable gas is a common by-product of
anaerobic digestion.
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Hydrogen
Carbon monoxide
Methane
Anaerobic bacteria can live without access to
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Oxygen
Nutrients
Warmth
Moisture
Food
April 15th, 2014
1.
This flammable gas is a common by-product of
anaerobic digestion.
e. Methane
2.
Anaerobic bacteria can live without access to
a.
Oxygen
ES Agenda
Ppt. on water
April 15th, 2014
April 16th, 2014
This flammable gas is a common by-product of
anaerobic digestion.
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Hydrogen
Carbon monoxide
Methane
Anaerobic bacteria can live without access to
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Oxygen
Nutrients
Warmth
Moisture
Food
1.
ES Warm Up
Write the following definition in your journals:
Nonpoint source pollution generally results from
land runoff, precipitation, atmospheric deposition,
drainage, seepage or hydrologic modification.
2.
3.
4.
Name one or two potential sources of nonpoint
source pollution.
Name some specific pollution associated with it
(for example fertilizer).
Video on nonpoint source pollution
Today’s Lab
1.
2.
3.
4.
Each student will crumble up one or two
pieces of USED/SCRATCH paper.
Each student will help color on the trash bag
or plastic table cloth.
We will take the crumbled paper and put it on
the ground and lay the trash bag/plastic table
cloth over it.
Students will spray the trash bag/plastic table
cloth with a spray bottle and see where the
colored “pollutants” go.
ES WU
Write three things about non-point source pollution.
Write five parts to the water cycle.
Why is the carbon cycle important to humans?
When do biomes and continents in the southern
hemisphere experience winter?
Does temperature define deserts? If not, what
does?
What is the independent variable in the scientific
method?
What is the MAJOR theme in the tragedy of the
commons?
Properties of Water Lab
 Today
we are going to study the properties of water
by looking at several lab stations that demonstrate
those properties.
 The properties that will be demonstrated are:
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Cohesion
Adhesion
Relative density of liquid water and ice
Polarity/solubility
Latent heat of vaporization
And some others…
Go to each lab station, write what you observe
in your notebooks. Determine the property of
water you are observing and a sentence or two
about how that property is important for life.
ES Warm Up
Answer the following in complete sentences
Eutrophication is
A. Always bad
B. Nutrient loading
C. The dissolution of oxygen in water
In order to be considered an ORGANIC compound, it
MUST contain which of the following elements:
Hydrogen
B. Nitrogen
C. Carbon
D. Phosphorus
E. Sulfur
Humans have negatively impacted the nitrogen cycle
by:
A. Burning fossil fuels
B. Overpopulating
C. Making synthetic fertilizers
A.
ES Warm Up
 Define
littoral zone
 Define benthic zone
 Define limnetic zone
 Define profundal zone
 Define tributary
 Define watershed
Instructions for today’s
SPECIFIC HEAT LAB
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There are 8 stations. There should be 3-4 people at each
station.
There are 4 different substances in test tubes at each
station, a stop watch, a thermometer and a heat lamp.
You will be taking the temperature of each substance at 2
minute intervals before and after turning ON the heat lamp.
You will also take the temperature of each substance at 2
minute intervals after turning OFF the heat lamp.
You will make a graph showing all 4 substances. I would use
different colored pencils for each substance.
How are you going to set up your graph? What are the x
and y axes?
Draw the outlines of your graph and get my approval prior
to starting the lab.
ES Warm Up
Answer the following in complete sentences
1. Write a hypothesis for the lab we did
yesterday.
2. What was the independent variable?
3. What was the dependent variable?
4. Which substance took the longest to
change temperatures?
5. Which substance took the least amount of
time to change temperatures?
6. Did the results support your hypothesis?
Why or why not?
Specific Heat Lab II
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There are three substances in beakers with
thermometers in them.
1. Place the three beakers on a hotplate.
2. Take the temperatures of each substance
at 2 minute intervals using the stopwatches
provided at each station. Record in a data
table.
After three trials, turn the hotplate off, then
measure the temperatures at 2 minute
intervals for 3 trials.
Graph and summarize your results.
ES Warm Up
1st Period
Answer the following in complete sentences
I will grade your graphs from Tuesday’s lab
including summary.
What does oligotrophic mean?
2. What is a riparian zone?
3. Name one pro and one con to dams.
4. Why are some rivers that previously reached
the oceans not doing so anymore?
5. What were the last two labs about?
1.
ES Warm Up
Answer the following in complete sentences
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
What were we testing for yesterday?
What were the three substances?
What was the hypothesis?
What was the independent variable?
What was the dependent variable?
Did your results support your hypothesis?
What does oligotrophic mean?
What is a riparian zone?
Name one pro and one con for dams.
Why are some rivers that previously
reached the oceans not doing so
anymore?
ES Warm Up
Which conclusion can you draw from this graph?
From The Science behind the Stories
a) It is more water efficient to
produce vegetables
b) It is more water efficient to
produce meat
c) Vegetable and meat production
are relatively alike in water
consumption
d) There is little correlation
between water consumption and
our diet
Warm UP
1.
2.
3.
Why is the high/low (write the appropriate
choice down in your journal) specific heat of
water important for life?
What does it mean to have high specific
heat?
Of the four substances from our lab on
Tuesday the soil heated up and cooled
down the quickest. Does this mean it has
high or low specific heat?
 Water,
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water all around
1. Is flooding generally good or bad for
ecosystems?
2. Currently we are using fresh water
supplies sustainably. T/F
3. Capillary action is due to the cohesive
properties of water. T/F
4. In arid countries the majority of water use
is either agriculture or household use. T/F
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Please write the following questions down in your journals.
Please ensure that there is enough space to answer the
questions while watching the video.
Why is water so “powerful?”
How much of your body is water?
How much pours over Niagra Falls in one hour?
What is the percentage of water on earth?
How many cubic miles of water is there on earth?
How much is fresh water?
How much is left to sustain us all?
How many people lack access to clean drinking water?
What did Benjamin Franklin say?
Why do people think that bottled water is safer than tap
water?
What is the purpose of the spring house?
How does reverse osmosis work?
Questions for Water Video
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Thermal (specifically heat) pollution:
A. diminishes the ability of an aquatic system to
retain dissolved oxygen
 B. does not directly affect aquatic life
Nutrient Loading:
*A. causes algal blooms
*B. decreases the amount of dissolved oxygen in
an aquatic system
*C. Both A and B.
The process by which water that hits the ground
becomes ground water is called:
a.
Infiltration
b.
Percolation
c.
A and B
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What are some factors that are leading to a
fisheries collapse?
Why is there more mercury in organisms higher
up the food chain?
Who are the people that are the most
vulnerable to mercury toxins?
Name two adaptations of deep ocean
organisms?
What causes the water to move around the
planet in known current patterns?
Directions for our Water Regulations
and Acts Activity
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There are 6 Water Regulations and Acts:
Water Resources Planning Act (1965)
 Water Resources Development Act (1986)
 Safe Drinking Water Act (1974)
 Clean Water Act (1972)
 Doctrine of Riparian Rights
 Principle of Prior Appropriation
You will be given a card that represents one of these
regulations. The card will give you the definition of another
regulation and you have to find the student with the card that
has the appropriate act or right. Then the two of you will
come up with a way to present it to the class-either a skit, rap,
letter, song, poem, brochure, public service announcement,
mock protest or some other creative way to present the
material.
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1. Why is dissolved oxygen SO important in
an aquatic system?
2. What kind of nutrients are usually referred
to when discussing eutrophication?
3. When talking about LIMITING FACTORS
for populations of organisms all but which of
the following are NOT included:
A. nitrogen
B. phosphorus
C. food energy
D. sunlight
E. none of the above
 During
the presentations in your journals
write the definitions of each of the water
laws/regulations/rights/principles or
doctrines in YOUR OWN WORDS! If this
proves too difficult, use the words of the
presenters.
DURING THE PRESENTATIONS
 1.
In your own words write down
what the Doctrine of Riparian Rights
mean?
 2. What does the Principle of Prior
Appropriation mean?
 3. What does the Water Resources
Planning Act (1965) mean?
 4. What does the Water Resources
Development Act (1986)mean?
Agenda
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We will do research in the library over unreliable and
reliable sources. Please take the “CLASS SET” of
questions and answer the questions in your journals.
This will also be your exit slip.
You will go to www.ideaprompter.com
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Then you will go to lesson plans
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Pick 2 articles from the first 3
Pick 2 articles from the last 3
Answer the questions on the handout
Work in pairs, have one person answer the questions for the
first two articles, then have the 2nd person answer the
questions for the last two articles
6TH PERIOD YOU HAVE A HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
ES Warm up
 Of
the sources we looked at yesterday, which
was the MOST reliable? Why?
 Of the sources we looked at yesterday, which
was the LEAST reliable? Why?
 We will work for a few minutes finishing up the
questions from yesterday (10 min)
 Take a stance on global warming from the
information we gathered yesterday.
 Use the EVIDENCE you gathered yesterday to
DEFEND YOUR STANCE (10 MIN).
 You will answer questions from a handout on
wastewater treatment (to be written in
COMPLETE SENTENCES IN YOUR JOURNALS).
 We
will draw graphs in our journals of the tests
we used to measure water quality on Friday.
 How will you set up your graph? Were all the
units for every test the same?
 How will you differentiate between samples?
 Talk with a partner about how you will set up
your graphs and how you will label your axes.
Take 5 minutes.
 Set up your graphs. This should take 10-15
minutes.
 Read the hand out on waste water treatment
facilities and answer the questions in your
journals. (This is a class set!)
 Using
the tap water as your control, Which
water sample had the highest quality?
 Which water sample had the lowest quality?
 Were these results consistent with the
appearance of the water?
 Which water sample had the highest
dissolved oxygen? Does this indicate that the
sample would support the highest number of
organisms? Why or why not?
October 11th Agenda 2nd and
6th
 We
will watch several movie clips about
waste water treatment. You can finish the
homework from yesterday (the 7 questions
and the paragraph of travels through the
waste water treatment plant). If you have
finished the homework from yesterday,
please take notes on the movie clips. Some
examples would be:
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Describe the steps through the treatment
plant.
What does most of the work?
Where does the water end up?
Yum, glup! Comments? Ideas?
Es Warm up oct 12, 2012 2nd
and 6th Period
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Why is global warming an environmental concern?
How do we know it IS a concern? (What evidence
is there?)
What causes the problem?
What are the future effects of the problem?
Have their been irreversible effects of this problem?
What are they?
Is there anything being done to solve this problem?
Are their laws related to the topic?
Is there anything an individual can do to help the
problem? If so, what?
Oct 12th Agenda, 2nd and 6th
 You
will review for the quiz. Please get white
boards from the back and work in teams of
two.
 After you collaborate and agree on an
answer, one person will write the answer—
then you will switch!
 Keep track of your score: write slashes on the
corner of your whiteboard.
 This is contest between the left side and right
side of the classroom.
 Winners will get one free bathroom pass for
this class ONLY.
Oct 15th 2nd and 6th Warm Up
 Please
write the following definitions in your
journals:
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Sulfur dioxide (SO2) is a colorless corrosive gas that
harms plants and animals. So2 my change to sulfur
trioxide (SO3) when it enters the atmosphere. SO3
reacts with water vapor to form sulfuric acid
(H2SO4) which is the main component of acid rain.
Two-thirds of the sulfur in the atmosphere is due to
human activities: the burning of coal and oil.
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless and odorless
gas that is highly toxic and is formed by the
incomplete combustion of fuel such as coal, oil,
natural gas, or charcoal. Nearly all of the CO in the
atmosphere eventually leads to the production of
ozone. Ozone in the lower atmosphere is a major
component in photochemical smog.
Oct 15th, 2nd and 6th Agenda
 Today
we will go over a couple ppts on the
atmosphere and air pollution.
 Slow me down if I move too quickly.
 We will watch two movies: air pollution and
its causes and air pollution and athletes
Oct17th, 2nd and 6th Warm Up
 How
many environmental issues can you think
of?
 Whoever comes up with the most (legitimate
issues) will get something special.
Oct 17th, 2nd and 6th Agenda
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
We will watch several video clips on
environmental issues.
You will receive a project assignment due in
5 weeks.
The project will be worth 2 test grades.
You will receive a rubric and be required to
pick a topic on a first-come first-serve basis.
You will be able to work alone or in pairs.
You will not be able to work in larger groups.
The project will require a presentation in
front of the class.
Oct 18th, 2nd and 6th Warm Up
 Photochemical
Oxidants in the atmosphere
are products of a secondary reaction or of a
reaction caused by the Sun. The creation of
ozone is the most significant photochemical
reaction, the reaction takes place when an
atmospheric reaction splits a molecule of
nitrogen dioxide, forming a single atom of
oxygen. This single atom can then react with
a molecule of O2 to form O3 or ozone. Ozone
in the stratosphere protects the planet from
the Sun’s harmful radiation. Ozone that is
formed close to the ground, however, can
damage plants, eyes and lungs, and building
materials. Ozone gives photochemical smog
its distinctive color (reddish-brown).
Oct 18th, 2nd and 6th Agenda
 We
will finish going through the ppt. and then
take an open notes quiz.
Oct 19th, 2nd and 6th Warm Up
1.
2.
3.
Today you will have a substitute.
I have instructed the substitute to write
down the names of any students that are
disruptive or do not participate, or who do
not take direction.
The substitute is also instructed to send
anyone who is disruptive to Ms. De La
Fuente, and you will receive a referral.
Oct 19th, 2012
1.
2.
Today you will watch most of the movie,
“An Inconvenient Truth.”
You will answer the questions provided in
YOUR JOURNALS. This is a class set.
Oct 22nd, 2nd and 6th Warm Up
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Particulate matter: dust, ash, soot, lint, smoke,
pollen, and spores are all considered particulate
matter. That is solid or liquid particles suspended
in a gas. Often the most obvious form of pollution
which reduces visibility and leaves cars and
windows dirty. Particles that are less than 2.5mm
in size are the most dangerous because they
directly enter lungs damaging lung tissue and
increasing risks of cancer.
Nitrogen oxides: highly reactive gases that are
formed when nitrogen is heated to about 650
degrees Celsius. This happens during the burning
of fossil fuels or other combustion processes. NO is
formed when these processes take place. They
further oxidize into NO2 which is responsible for
giving photochemical smog its distinctive reddish
brown color. NOx mix with water vapor forming
Nitric Acid which is a major component of acid
rain.
Oct 22nd, 2nd and 6th agenda
I
will go through the rest of the ppt. that we
started last week. You will take notes.
 Take this opportunity to fix some of your
wrong answers on the open notes quiz.
 Draw the diagram of the atmosphere
 Draw the picture of both causes of acid rain
 We will watch another movie on air pollution
(air_pollution animated)
Oct 23rd, 2nd and 6th Warm Up

According to the US Bureau of Transit Statistics for
2006 there are 250,844,644 registered passenger
vehicles in the US. These vehicles spew hundreds
of millions of tons of exhaust into the
atmosphere. Much of this exhaust is invisible water
vapor, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and
nitrous oxides. Carbon dioxide is the main
greenhouse gas contributing to global warming
today. Carbon monoxide and nitrous oxides are
dangerous to human health. Nitrous oxides also
harm the environment. Particulates, tiny particles
created when fuel is incompletely burned, are yet
another major component of exhaust.
Oct 23rd, 2nd and 6th Lab Acid
Rain and seed germination
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
You will work in pairs.
Take one plastic cup and label it “Rain”
Take another plastic cup and label “Acid Rain”
Put you and your partner’s names or initials and the
period number on both cups.
Take 2 sets of 5 seeds and place them in two different
plastic cups
Place the 5 seeds along the outside of the cup
Place a cotton ball (or several) on the inside of the cup
Add water to the cotton ball until saturated in the cup
labeled “rain”
Add vinegar to the cotton ball until saturated in the cup
labeled “acid rain”
Oct 24th, 2nd and 6th Warm Up
1.
2.
3.
4.
How is acid rain formed?
What are the two types of acid rain?
What type of acid rain have “scrubbers” in
coal plants helped reduce?
Why is the other type of acid rain is
becoming more of a problem?
Oct 24th, 2nd and 6th Agenda
 We
will examine the rags that you have
brought back for particulate matter
 Get a magnifying glass
 Count the amount of particulates per circle
 All information will be recorded in your
journals
 We will analyze the information using the class
set of questions I provide you
 These will be answered in your journals
 You will draw a graph of the results in your
journals, how will you set it up? What are your
axes?
Oct 25th, 2nd and 6th Agenda
 We
will do a case study on air pollution
 Before we do the case study, we will
watch a video on air pollution and from
this video you will answer the questions I
provide you
 Get into groups of 5 people
 Finish answering the questions provided.
Oct 26th, 2nd and 6th Warm Up
 How
are NOx formed?
 Why are they are problem?
 What can you do to help prevent them?
Oct 26th, 2nd and 6th Agenda
 We
will finish up the case study
 We will begin another case study:
Electrical Storm
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What do you know about global warming?
Name 2 or 3 things that you have heard about
global warming.
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/516/index.ht
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http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/304/video-algore.html
http://local.brookings.k12.sd.us/biology/PHVid
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