Transcript Copy the following - Environmental Science 4502

•List topics that we will
study in
Environmental Science
this year.
• Explain what is meant by an environmental or
ecological footprint
• Using either your phone or one of the
computers…search and define the following
terms:
• Biodiversity
• Pollution
• natural resource
• agriculture
Observations in Science
• LAB: Observation in Science
• Copy the following:
• What observations can you make about the
food coloring and milk?
• How do we observe things in science?
• Why do we observe things in science?
Scientific Method
• What is the difference between the following:
– Independent variable and dependent variable
– Experimental group and control group
Hypothesis writing
Add the independent (IV)and dependent
variables (DV) to the template.
Hypothesis:
If ___________ then____________
Explain what happened to the
peppered moth in industrialized
London around the 1900’s
Use ¼ sheet of paper from
yesterday to:
• Explain the shape of the histogram that would
represent India.
• Why is India’s population so important to
world population ?
What is the Population Growth
Rate ?
• Label each as positive, negative, or zero
growth
– Country 1
– Birth Rate is 6 per minute
– Death Rate is 3 per minute
– Country 2
– Birth Rate is 2 per minute
– Death Rate is 2 per minute
– Country 3
– Birth Rate is 5 per minute
– Death rate is 10 per minute
Take out graphing
exercise from yesterday
and complete
Stream Survey Quiz
• 1. Construct a 5 step procedure explaining
how to collect macroinvertebrates
• 2.What is the purpose of a macroinvertebrate
survey ?
• 3. How is stream health related to the
macroinvertebrates found ?
• Take out Green Review Sheet
from yesterday and review for
Benchmark # 2
List a pro and a con to the following energy sources:
Pro
Con
Coal
Oil
Solar
Hydroelectric
Nuclear
Using your green notes, explain
the difference between point
source and non point source
water pollution
• Coal, oil and Natural gas are called
_______________
• Sunlight, moving water and wind are
considered _______________________ forms
of energy
• Is wood a renewable or nonrenewable
resource ? Why ?
• Explain three environmental impacts
associated with mining
• What is reclamation
• What is the difference between a renewable
energy source and a non renewable source.
• List 2 types of renewable sources
• List2 types of nonrenewable energy sources
• Results from yesterday’s lab were:
– pH 7-8
– Nitrogen low
– Potassium low-medium
– Phosphate low
• Use these results to explain why the builder
here at CHS is struggling to get grass seed to
grow outside our classroom
• Describe two scenes from Wall-e that address
land use problems seen today.
Warm Up
Match the following
1
2
3
4
Tropical rainforest
tundra
taiga
Temperate
deciduous forest
5 grassland
A. Highest biodiversity
B. Most extreme; has seasons
C. Characterized by
permafrost
D. Low rainfall; high
temperature
E. Produces most of the
oxygen here on earth
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Put a T for tropical, TEM for
temperate, or a Ti for taiga
___ four seasons
___ Evergreen trees
___ highest biodiversity
___ 5-6 month winter
___ deciduous trees
___ highest rainfall
___ produces most O2
___ plants dormant
in winter
___ wolverine
___ monkeys
___ caribou
___ 3-4 month
growing season
A.
Name the highlighted
biome.
B.
C.
List the Biomes in order from the
equator to the poles
• Construct a chart listing the 6 biomes and the
temperature and precipitation in each biome
Biome
Temperature
Precipitation
• In your own words, explain
the difference between
weather and climate
• “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful
lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
• The above quote comes from the book The
Lorax, by Dr. Seuss. Explain the message.
1. Warm air ________ cold
air ________
2. Land heats up _______
than water
3. Salty water ________
when placed in fresh
water
4. Temp goes ______ as we
go up a mountain
up
down
Sinks
Rises
Faster
slower
Prepare for Midterm !!!
• Take out abnoxiously colored paper and
review for Midterm
Test and Collection Day
Prepare for collection of
5 assignments and
study pink sheet for test
Label as Even, Random, or
Clumped
Warm Up
Match the following:
1
2
3
4
5
herbivore
Omnivore
Detritus
Biomass
Pyramid
Scavenger
A. Animal that eats only dead
organisms
B. Diagram showing the mass
of one trophic level
C. Dead organic matter
D. Animal that feeds on both
plant and animal
substances
E. Organism that obtains
energy by eating plants
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Warm Up
Match the following:
1
2
3
4
5
Producer
A. Shows energy use in an
Carnivore
ecosystem
Trophic Level
B. Produces Carbohydrates
Energy Pyramid C. Feeds on meat
Food chain
D. Each step in the transfer of
energy through a food chain
E. Shows linear movement of
energy
1/6/11
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Population Dynamics
1. Using the graph, explain what is happening
to the population from 1825-1850.
2. Using the graph, explain what is happening
to the population from 1850-1925
Populations
1. What is the equation for rate of growth?
2. If there are unlimited resources available, how will
nearly all populations grow?
3. Draw the exponential growth curve.
4. What are some things that can be limiting factors?
• Take out and prepare for collection the
following items:
– Biogeochemical Cycles Packet
– ACT: Nitrogen Passport
– FOLDABLE: Cycles
• Prepare For Test
Use the following terms to fill in the chart:
community, organism, species, population,
biome, biosphere
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
WARM UP LOG
Complete the first 5 minutes of class!
Copy the question and answer under response.
Date
Question
Legumes are able
12/15
Midterm to add nitrogen to
the
soil
because
tomorrow!
of ?
Response
1. Legumes are
able
to add nitrogen to
the soil because
of ?
2. What type of
relationship do
clover plants and
nitrogen fixing
bacteria have?
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
1. Clover, Peas, and Beans are a
member of what group of plants ?
2. Where is the major source of
Phosphorus found?
Label the processes by
number.
Word Bank:
Cellular respiration
Photosynthesis
Decomposition
Combustion
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2
3
4
4
Processes of carbon cycle
1. List the processes
that put carbon into
the atmosphere
2. List the processes
that take carbon out
of the atmosphere
3. Explain the process
that puts carbon into
the soil
Word List
Photosynthesis
Cellular respiration
Decomposition
Deforestation
Combustion
Explain what happens to Carbon
during the following process
1. Photosynthesis
2. Cellular Respiration
3. Combustion
4. Decomposition
5. Deforestation
Warm Up
Match the following:
1
2
3
4
5
O2
CO2
C6H12O6
ATP
H 2O
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Cellular energy
oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Carbohydrate
water
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Thursday 3/31/2011
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Infiltration
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Transpiration
A)
B)
C)
D)
Water to gas
Gas to liquid
Plant sweat
H2o soaks into the
ground
E) H20 falls from the sky
Label as primary or secondary succession
and explain why.
Warm Up
Match the following:
1 Pioneer Species
2 Climax
Community
3 Adaptation
4 Competition
5 Lichens
Mr.Kistler
A. Final stable community
B. First organism to invade
and area
C. when two organisms niches
overlap
D. symbiotic relationship
between a fungus and and
algae
E. change in a species in
response to the
environment
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Warm Up
Match the following:
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2
3
4
5
Climax
Community
Primary
succession
lichens
Old Field
Succession
Pioneer species
A. Occurs where life did not
exist
B. Stable, final Community
C. Type of secondary
succession
D. Often acts as a pioneer
species
E. First organism to invade an
area
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• 1. Take out LAB: Peppered Moth
• 2. Prepare for Quiz by looking over Notes:
Natural Selection
• What is the difference between a variation
and an adaptation ?
Warm Up
• Explain the following terms:
Commensalism
Parasitism
Predation
Mutualism
Warm Up
Put the following in order according to size
Community
Ecosystem
Biosphere
Species
Population
Biomes
Warm-Up
• Name two adaptations that
you saw on the video
yesterday
Warm-Up
• What three things make-up
a population?
Warm Up
• What two things make up climate?
• What do they have to wihb iomes?