Investigative Science Get out your spirals (turn to a clean page) Title Notes: Energy Flow in an Ecosystem Write Critical Question: Why are food chains typically limited to three or four trophic levels? Grades currently in the grade book Levels of Organization Cut-out Reflection Questions Biomes Activity sorted in Spiral Spiral check Cuddle Fish Worksheet (Q3) Ecology Quiz Biomes Quiz

Biology Grades currently in the grade book Reflection Questions Three Facts learned from Amoeba Sisters Video Spiral check Cuddle Fish Worksheet (Q3) Candy Classification Activity Kingdom Classification Stations Taxonomy Quiz

Turn to a new page of notes and answer the following questions. Bubble gum Starburst Tootsie Pop Blow Pop Dots Tootsie Roll (Thick) Tootsie Roll (Thin) Not square square No box Box Not Gum filled Gum filled skittle Sweet-tart Shiny wrapper Not shiny Stick No Stick Junior mint Not tart tart Chocolate Not Chocolate Bubble Gum and Starburts (4 characteristics – wrapped, not chocolate, no stick, no box) Starburt/Bubble Gum and skittle/sweet-tart (6 different traits) minty Not minty wrapped unwrapped Candy Which two pieces of candy are most closely related? Which two pieces of candy are the least related?

Which numbers are most closely related? Without knowing what the organism (candy) is, answer the following questions. 4 3 5 1 2) Not Gum filled Gum filled 7 8 Shiny wrapper Stick Not shiny No Stick 6 Not tart tart Chocolate Not Chocolate minty Not minty 3 and 4 (3 characteristics – wrapped not chocolate stick) 3 and 4 – 7 and 8 wrapped unwrapped Candy Which numbers are most closely related? Which numbers are the least related?

Look at the phylogeny diagram below. Which organism has the greatest genetic difference from the species M. mulatta? (there are 2 correct answers) Which organism is the most closely related to the species M. mulatta?

Draw the phylogenic tree in your notes 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 8 or 9 4 Which number has the greatest genetic difference from 5? Which organism is the most closely related to 5?

Look at the taxonomic chart below. Which two species are the most closely related? What is the binomal nomenclature (scientific name) for the ferret? At which taxonomic level do the muskrat and ferret diverge?

Complete the cladogram worksheet to check for your understanding Complete the cladogram worksheet to check for your understanding. I will come around and check for completion as a grade today. Reminder 1,3,5 Block tomorrow (AIMs Science)