1. Question(s) of the Day
Answer the following questions on a piece of paper and put your name at the top. You have 8 minutes to complete the questions of the day. Good luck!

2. The carbon absorbed by human beings usually ends up returning to the atmosphere as CO2. Briefly describe the two processes involved in this transfer.
2) What is the process by which bacteria take atmospheric nitrogen and change it into ammonia?

3. Answer 1
1) Human beings exhale CO2 in the process of respiration. Meanwhile, the decomposition of human waste and remains also emits CO2 into the atmosphere.

4. Answer 2
2) Nitrogen fixation

5. Chapter 8 – Biomes Question of Day
Notes: Biomes, Terrestrial Biomes, Aquatic Biomes.
FL 6.11
Workbook
Biome Mov.

6. **Biomes: As scientists study the many ecosystems around the world, many patterns become evident from one ecosystem to another. This allows scientists to group ecosystems into categories called biomes.

7. How are Biomes distributed? What are the different factors?
Some Examples: Temperature, precipitation
Figure 8.5 page 262 (text) for all the factors

8. To understand a world biome, you need to know:
What the climate of the region is like.
Where each biome is found and and what its geography is like.
The special adaptations of the vegetation.
The types of animals found in the biome and their physical and behavioral adaptations to their environment.

9. *And Review of Balancing Equations
Quest on Thursday
*Lithosphere
*Hydrosphere
*Atmosphere
*And Review of Balancing Equations

10. Complete p.141-142 of workbook * Read pages 272-279 of text
Class Work
* Read page of text
Complete p of workbook
* Read pages of text
Complete p of workbook