Transcript Ecology Warm-Up

Response Page
Date 9/9/10
My Neighborhood
Abiotic Factors
Biotic Factors
Divide today’s RP slot into two.
Label the left side Abiotic factors and the right
side Biotic Factors.
List all of the abiotic and biotic factors that you
can think of from your neighborhood.
Today in Science
Review Chapt 18 Standards – practice
Do you owe me work? In the bin.
Get graded work back to put into your
notebooks
Homework – read over all your notes and
everything that is in your Notebook.
Word Wise ?
Ecology Test Prep
Write these and check off as you complete an item.
I. Energy: The sun is the major source of
the energy that moves from organism to
organism. The matter – food – is where
consumers get their energy.
brainpop
Ecology Test Prep continued
II. Ecological Organization
Holt
Chapt 18 e activities Ecol org
Levels of Organization practice
Identify the level of organization for the following
four examples
A. all of the squirrels in one area
B. a hummingbird flying
C. a hummingbird eating nectar from a
honeysuckle, the squirrels running below, the
bugs flying over the nearby pond and the toads
lying on the lilpad and rocks around the pond.
D. all of the squirrels and hummingbirds in one
area
Ecology Test Prep continued
III. Categorize relationships between
organisms
Predation - predator hunts prey
Competition – using same resources
Symbiosis – long term CLOSE relationship where at least one benefits.
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Symbiosis
• A very cool review Mr. Barrett found ;-)
• Mr. Lee - Symbiosis rap.avi
Video Examples
Write these down:
 hermit crab and octopus ______________
 crab and sea anemone _______________
 ant and caterpillar ___________________
 ant and horny shield caterpillar _________
 monkeys and fleas __________________
 finches and tortoises _________________
 moray eel and shrimp ________________
Ecology Warm-Up
• Use Each Letter below to start a word or phrase
that describes ecology
• E
• C
• O
• L
• O
• G
• Y