Discussion Questions Discussion Questions 1. Give an example of a primary consumer 2. Please describe trophic level and explain how it is related to food web. 3. Please define biodiversity YouTube trophic levels YouTube trophic levels 9/04/14 Journal Using your textbook or smart phone. Please complete the following with complete sentences:

Reminders Friday you need five sources in MLA format……use easybib.com. Save this….you will need to turn in another copy later. Get a composition notebook for your science fair project. You will need a TOC in it also. Root Quiz TODAY Ecology Root Quiz on Thurs Remind 101 Lost papers and Lost and Found Webpage- check if you are absent How’s your journal? Safety Lab, Scientific Method ppt. Salsa Lab, Interpreting and Analyzing Scientific Data sheet, TOC updated HAC/SAC- This is how you check your grades. Read Chapter 2 – 3 in your textbook

1 st period please bring packing tape &glue sticks 2 nd period please bring Sanitizer & scotch tape 5 th period please bring Box of Gloves & glue sticks 6 th period please bring tissues & scotch tape 7 th period please bring map pencils and crayons and glue sticks

QUIZ Clear your desks of everything Do NOT write on the quiz please Use CAPITAL letters please Keep your answers covered If you need to make up a quiz due to an absence… let me know Flip it over when you are finished and hang on to it.

QUIZ If you have Scientific Method 1….put a number 1 next to the title of the quiz on your answer document and pass the quizzes and answer documents back at this time If you have Scientific Method quiz 2….put a number 2 next to the title of the quiz on your answer document and pass the quizzes and answer documents back at this time. If you have Scientific Method quiz 3….put a number 3 next to the title of the quiz on your answer document and pass the quizzes and answer documents back at this time.

Root Quiz #1 9/4/14 Print your first and last name List your period Keep your answers covered at all times Each answer is only used once Flip it over when you are finished

HW 2 nd -7th Analyzing and Interpreting Scientific Data handout is HW 2 nd -7th This sheet goes in your Science Journals. Be sure to list in your TOC Have this ready to be checked by Friday

EcoRegion Project Hang on to your rubric! Hang on to your rubric! You must turn it in when you present your project Short video clips 2-3 min or less; lots of pictures; climatogram can be written if you can’t find a graph Presentations begin Tuesday,

EcoRegion Project You will be assigned to a group of 2-3 to create a Google Doc Presentation over your assigned ecoregion. We will work on these presentations in class each day this week after we complete the discussion questions and reminders. You and your partners also need to work on the project at home. You can all access the project once it has been shared with all group members from any computer with internet. You can even work at the same time. *You will anonymously evaluate your partners! Login is Password is First Initial, Last initial and 8 digit bday. Example AB The presentations are due Tuesday, the 9 th. We will present them in class. You will need your rubric

Nitrogen Passport Activity For Today only if WiFi is down

Important Concepts in Ecology Levels of Organization in Biology: Organism Population Community Ecosystems Biomes Biosphere A limiting factor is______________and an example would be _____________________________. Primary Succession is _________________and it is different from secondary succession which is________________. Pioneer species are __________ an example of a pioneer species in primary succession is ______________ and in secondary succession is ________________. A climax community is ______________________ Lichens are ________________ (pg 62) Climate is _______________and an illustration of a climatogram is _______ (draw Fig 6 pg 66) Please compare and contrast these symbiotic relationships and give examples of each: commensalism, mutualism, and parasitism (pg 38) How are detritivores similar to and different from decomposers? Please explain what a biogeochemical cycle is and describe the carbon cycle

EXIT TICKET 1. Where would you predict that autotrophs are on the trophic pyramid? 2. Give an example of one abiotic factor found in ecosystems. 9/4/14