1. SCIENCE 6 TOPIC 1

2. LOOK UP THESE WORDS: GIVE A BRIEF DEFINITION TO EACH BIOSPHERE ENVIRONMENT BIOMES HABITATS

3. LIFE SCIENCE TERMS TO KNOW:

4. THE BIOSPHERE IS THE PART OF THE EARTH THAT HAS AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE LIFE CAN EXIST

5. AN ENVIRONMENT CONSISTS OF THE LIGHT, LAND, AIR WATER AND LIVING THINGS FOUND IN AN AREA

6. THE BIOSPHERE IS BROKEN DOWN INTO BIOMES WHICH ARE VERY LARGE AREAS OF SIMILAR ENVIRONMENTS

7. THE BIOMES ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO HABITATS WHICH ARE SMALL AREAS SUITABLE FOR CERTAIN LIVING THINGS TO NORMALLY EXIST

8. YOU SHOULD KNOW EIGHT OF THE MOST COMMON BIOMES

9. LOOK UP THESE WORDS: WRITE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION TO EACH TUNDRA CONIFEROUS FOREST DECIDUOUS FOREST GRASSLAND DESERT TROPICAL RAIN FOREST

10. #1: TUNDRA – COLD, PERMAFROST, SHORT GROWING SEASON

11. #2: CONIFEROUS FOREST – CONE BEARING TREES, POOR SOIL, 2 SEASONS OF SUMMER AND WINTER

12. #3: DECIDUOUS FOREST – LEAF LOSING TREES, RICH SOIL, ALL 4 SEASONS

13. #4: GRASSLANDS – DRY SUMMERS, NO TREES OR BUSHES TO SPEAK OF

14. #5: DESERT – LACK OF RAIN, VERY LITTLE IF ANY VEGETATION

15. #6: TROPICAL RAINFOREST – WARM AND MOIST ALL YEAR LONG, LUSH GROWTH, RELATIVELY POOR SOIL

16. #7: WATER – SALTWATER SUCH AS TIDAL BASINS AND OCEAN BOTTOMS

17. #7: WATER – FRESH WATER SUCH AS MOVING STREAMS AND STILL WATER LAKES

18. #8: ARID/TEMPERATE – FLATHEAD VALLEY!

19. The Culture Dish Lab

20. THE FOOD CHAIN: THIS DESCRIBES THE FLOW OF ENERGY BETWEEN PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS

21. IN A FOOD CHAIN PLANTS ARE PRODUCERS BECAUSE THEY GROW USING NUTRIENTS IN THE SOIL

22. IN A FOOD CHAIN PRIMARY CONSUMERS (HERBIVORES) LIVE BY EATING THE PLANTS

23. IN A FOOD CHAIN SECONDARY CONSUMERS LIVE BY EATING THE HERBIVORES

24. IN A FOOD CHAIN DECOMPOSERS LIKE BACTERIA AND FUNGI RETURN NUTRIENTS TO THE SOIL

25. A Food Chain Looks Like This… decomposers producers primary consumers herbivores secondary consumers omnivores/carnivores Notice: The arrows point to what eats that organism

26. THE FOOD WEB IS A MORE COMPLETE PICTURE OF ENERGY TRANSFER THAN THE FOOD CHAIN BECAUSE NOT ALL ANIMALS EAT ONLY ONE KIND OF ANIMAL OR PLANT Notice: The arrows point to what eats that organism

27. Practice with the Food Chain and the Food Web

28. A FOOD PYRAMID SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A CERTAIN CONSUMER AND THE VARIOUS ORGANISMS NEEDED FOR THAT CONSUMER TO SURVIVE

29. THE FOOD PYRAMIDS SHOW THREE THINGS: 1. THE TYPE OF CONSUMER 2. THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF ORGANISMS NEEDED FOR THE CONSUMER TO SURVIVE 3. THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT REACHES EACH LEVEL AND IS TRAPPED IN THAT ORGANISM

30. Here’s another example of a food pyramid A Hawk’s Food Pyramid

31. And still another example of a food pyramid…

32. The Preservative Lab