March 23, 2012
Ecology
Mr. Schuller
Objectives: Review the factors that influence ecosystems.
Activities:
1.
Final 3rd Nine Week Grades are posted on Edline.
2.
Turn in the Energy Flow in Ecosystems Answers. Q1-10 plus Food Webs
at Hydrothermal Vents.
3.
Did you turn in You Solve It! Pond Ecosystem Chart and Q1-5?
4.
Non-juniors: Activity 6: Habitats: Your Town. Make sure you complete q
2-7.
Homework: None
March 26, 2012
Ecology
Mr. Schuller
Objectives: Introduce the matter cycles in ecosystems. Learn the water
cycle.
Activities:
1.
Final 3rd Nine Week Grades are posted on Edline.
2.
Did you turn in the Energy Flow in Ecosystems Answers. Q1-10 plus
Food Webs at Hydrothermal Vents?
3.
Non-juniors: Did you turn in Activity 6: Habitats: Your Town? Make sure
you complete q 2-7.
4.
New guided note packet.
5.
Power point notes on Cycles.
Homework: Water Cycle Quiz tom.
Tuesday 3/27
POTD
#7 – Explain each of the
numbered steps of
the water cycle?
Mr. Schuller
March 27, 2012
Ecology
Mr. Schuller
Objectives: Review and evaluate the water cycle. Learn the carbon
cycle.
Activities:
1.
Review pgs. 1 & 2 of the guided note sheet.
2.
Water Cycle Quiz
3.
Power point notes on the Carbon Cycle.
Homework: Carbon & Water Cycle Quiz tom.
1. How many steps are there in the water cycle?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D.7
E. 8
2. What is the purpose of the water cycle?
A. To make water.
B. To make electricity.
C. To move water around the earth.
D.To draw water out of the earth.
E. To make ice.
3. What step of the water cycle changes liquid water to
water vapor?
A. Distillation
B. Condensation
C. Precipitation
D.Evaporation
E. Percolation
4. What step of the water cycle provides humans the
most drinking water?
A. Runoff
B. Condensation
C. Precipitation
D.Evaporation
E. Percolation
5. What step of the water cycle involves plants?
A. Runoff
B. Condensation
C. Precipitation
D.Evaporation
E. Transpiration
6. What powers the water cycle?
A. The rotation of the earth.
B. The sun.
C. Gravity.
D.The heat of the earth.
E. The moon.
Wednesday 3/28
POTD
Mr. Schuller
#8 – How are humans affecting the carbon cycle?
March 28, 2012
Ecology
Mr. Schuller
Objectives: Review and evaluate the water and carbon cycle. Learn the
Nitrogen cycle.
Activities:
1.
Review pgs. 2 & 3 of the guided note sheet.
2.
Water & Carbon Cycle Quiz
3.
Power point notes on the Nitrogen Cycle.
4.
Pass out Cycles of Matter Review Packet.
Homework: Nitrogen, Carbon & Water Cycle Quiz tom.
Cycles of Matter Review Packet Due on Friday.
1. Why is carbon important?
A.It makes up most of our water.
B. It protects us from UV rays.
C. It is a building block for roads.
D.It traps heat in our atmosphere.
E. It makes our soda bubbly.
2. Why are plants important in the carbon cycle?
A.They go through respiration.
B. They go through photosynthesis.
C. They go through chemiosynthesis.
D.They go through decomposition.
E. They go through deforestation.
3. What step(s) of the water cycle help clean the
water?
A.Condensation
B. Runoff.
C. Precipitation.
D.Percolation and Evaporation.
E. Evaporation and Transpiration.
4. What step(s) of the carbon cycle are animals
involved in?
A.Photosynthesis
B. Decomposition.
C. Respiration.
D.Photosynthesis and Respiration.
E. Respiration and Decomposition.
5. How are humans adding more CO2 to the
environment?
A.Burning coal in power plants.
B. Cutting down trees in rain forests.
C. Spraying herbicides to kill weeds.
D.Making firewood out of trees.
E. Pumping oil out of the ground.
Thursday 3/29
POTD
Mr. Schuller
#9 – What are the steps of the nitrogen cycle?
March 29, 2012
Ecology
Mr. Schuller
Objectives: Review and evaluate the water, carbon and nitrogen cycle.
Learn the Nitrogen cycle.
Activities:
1.
Review pgs. 2, 3 & 4 of the guided note sheet.
2.
Water, Carbon & Nitrogen Cycle Quiz
3.
Power point notes on Succession.
Homework: Cycle & Succession Quiz tom.
Cycles of Matter Review Packet Due on Friday.
1. Why is Nitrogen important?
A.It makes up most of our atmosphere.
B. It protects us from UV rays.
C. It is a building block for roads.
D.It is a building block for DNA.
E. It makes acid rain.
2. What powers the carbon cycle?
A.The rotation of the earth.
B. The sun.
C. Gravity.
D.The heat of the earth.
E. Bacteria.
3. What form of nitrogen is the most abundant on our
Earth?
A.NH3
B. N2
C. NO3
D.NO
E. NWO
4. What form of nitrogen is the usable by plants and
animals?
A.NH3
B. N2
C. NO3
D.NO
E. NWO
5. What two steps of the nitrogen cycle have the
same product?
A.Nitrification and Denitrification
B. Nitrogen Fixation and Nitrification
C. Ammonification and Assimilation
D.Ammonification and Nitrogen Fixation
E. Assimilation and Denitrification
6. What powers the water cycle?
A.The rotation of the earth.
B. The sun.
C. Gravity.
D.The heat of the earth.
E. Bacteria.
7. What step of the nitrogen cycle involves legumes?
A.Nitrification
B. Nitrogen Fixation
C. Ammonification
D.Denitrification
E. Assimilation
Friday 3/30
POTD
Mr. Schuller
#10 – What are the first species to appear during
primary or secondary succession?
March 30, 2012
Ecology
Mr. Schuller
Objectives: Review and evaluate the Ecological Succession and the
Water, Carbon and Nitrogen cycles.
Activities:
1.
Review pgs. 2, 3, 4, & 5 of the guided note sheet.
2.
Succession & Cycle Quiz
3.
Pass out and work on Succesion Review Packet .
4.
Turn in Cycles of Matter Review Packet.
Homework: Cycle & Succession Test on Tuesday
Succession Review Packet is due before the test on Tuesday.
1. What step of the nitrogen cycle involves legumes?
A.Nitrification
B. Nitrogen Fixation
C. Ammonification
D.Denitrification
E. Assimilation
2. What step(s) of the carbon cycle are plants
involved in?
A.Photosynthesis
B. Decomposition.
C. Respiration.
D.Photosynthesis and Respiration.
E. Respiration and Decomposition.
3. What step of the water cycle changes water vapor
to liquid water?
A.Distillation
B. Condensation
C. Precipitation
D.Evaporation
E. Percolation
4. What is the definition of ecological succession?
A.The process of changing species in an ecosystem
over time.
B. The process of changing populations in an
ecosystem over time.
C. The process of changing communities in an
ecosystem over time.
D.The process of changing ecosystems over time.
E. The process of changing cultures over time.
5. You see an abandoned playground starting to grow
tall weeds and some small bushes. What process of
succession do you think is occurring?
A.Primary
B. Secondary
C. Elementary
D.Primary and Secondary
E. Climax community
6. A rock slide exposes a new hillside where there are
no plants or animals. What process of succession
do you think will occur?
A.Primary
B. Secondary
C. Elementary
D.Primary and Secondary
E. Climax community
7. Why are pioneer species so important in Ecological
Succession?
A.They are first to arrive and the last to leave an
ecosystem.
B. They are the best species in the ecosystem.
C. They take the longest to grow in an ecosystem.
D.They are the tallest species in an ecosystem.
E. They make it possible for other species to grow
in the ecosystem.
8. The Climax Community is…
A.Found only in Primary Succession.
B. Found only in Secondary Succession.
C. The middle stage of Succession.
D.The last stage of Succession.
E. The longest stage of Succession.