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BIOLOGY 1st Quarter Openers

Time to Think

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Oct 12 Mon

Identify each graph as exponential growth or logistic growth

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  1. Identify each graph as exponential growth or logistic growth
  2. Exponential growth occurs when _____ are unlimited.
  3. What is indicated by letter D?
  4. Why did the population dip at point C?

 

Oct 13 Tues

What is biodiversity?

What are 5 threats to biodiversity?

What is biomagnification?

Oct 14 No opener- We will take the DCA in the computer lab.

  • 3rd period room 152
  • 4th period media center room 101
  • 5th period media center room 101

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Oct 5 Mon

  1. What is the difference between primary succession and secondary succession?
  2. What is the pioneer species in primary succession?  secondary?
  3. What happens to the height of plants during each stage of succession?
  4. What happens to the depth of soil during each stage of primary succession? secondary succession?

 

Oct 6 Tues

Quiz ch 4.2 and 4.3

Oct 7 Wed

Define each terms and state if it would increase or decrease a population.

  1. Natality
  2. Mortality
  3. Immigration
  4. Emigration

Oct 8 Thurs

No opener- sub

Oct 9 Fri

No opener- day after sub

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Sept 28 Mon

No opener- computer lab

Sept 29 Tues

What is the competitive exclusion principle?

Examine the data, which species is a better competitor when grown together?  Explain.

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Suggest a reason why 3 different types of warblers (birds) can all live in the same tree.

Sept 30 Wed

Identify each type of symbiosis and explain why you answered as you did.

example 1                                     example 2                  example 3

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Oct 1 Thurs

 

Examine the graphs and answer the questions.

  1. Label each region A, B, C, D, E
  2. Which zone(s) would have the greatest population?
  3. Which zone(s) would have the least population?
  4. Which zone(s) would not have any organisms?

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  1. Which graph (A or B) would likely live in a stable environment?  Explain.
  2. Which organism can survive a greater range of environmental changes?  Explain.

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Oct 2 Fri

 

Examine the graph of a predator prey relationship

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  1. Which species appears to “lead” the changes in population?
  2. How many years between peak populations of hares?  Lynxes?
  3. How long between the peak of the hares to the peak of the lynxes?
  4. Predict what would happen if all the lynxes were removed fromt he ecosystem.

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Sept 14

  • No opener- go over tests

Sept 15 Tues

Select the terms that does not fit other terms and be able to explain why.

  1. consumer   heterotroph  scavenger  producer
  2. decomposer  heterotroph autotroph  consumer
  3. plant  autotroph  herbivore chemosynthesis

Sept 16 Wed

  • Computer Lab room 200
  • Join my Google classroom
  • Opener:
  1. In a food chain, energy flows _______ way(s)
  2. In a food chain, ______ % of the energy moves to the next step.
  3. If 5000 Joules of energy is available at level 1, how much energy is available in trophic levels 2 and 3?
  4. Can you have a food chain of 5 or 6 steps?  Explain.

Sept 17 Thurs

 

Sept 18 Fri

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Sept 7 Mon

No School Labor Day

Sept 8 Tues

Examine the sketch and identify biotic and abiotic factors in the image

http://fortworthzoo.weebly.com/

Sept 9 Wed

List the levels of organization in order and provide as example of each (examples may need to come after the power point notes)

Sept 10 Thurs

Thanks for being good for the sub : )

  1. Why are autotrophs also called producers?
  2. What are two types of autotrophs?
  3. Why are carnivores dependent on plants?

 

 

Sept 11 Fri

No Opener- Quiz

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Aug 31

  • No opener Go over unit 1 test

Sept 1

  • No opener Begin ch 1.3 notes

Sept 2

List any 4 of the 8 characteristics of living organisms and state why it is necessary for life.

Below are the stages of life cycle of a medium mass star.

  1. What characteristic of life do stars exhibit in this example?
  2. What other characteristics of living organisms do stars exhibit?
  3. Are stars considered living organisms?  Explain.

Nebula–>  Protostar–>  Main Sequence–> Red Giant — Planetary Nebula –>  white dawrf –>  Black dwarf

Sept 3 Thurs.

  1.  Discuss 3 of the Big themes of biology and what one studies in that theme

2.  Respect of Learning

  • What does it look like to adhere to the electronics policy?

3.  Respect of others

  • What does it look like to be an active listener?

Sept 4 Friday

What is an abiotic factor?  Give an example.

What is a biotic factor?  Give an example.

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Aug 17 Mon

True or False

  1. I can use my cell phone in the classroom as long as it is during the passing period.
  2. The highest score that I can receive on a test retake is a C.
  3. It is OK to bring back food from the nurse without asking special permission.
  4. I can participate in labs without a signed safety contract.

 

Aug 18 Tues

List the steps of the scientific in order

In an experiment, a researcher is trying to determine if Sparkle toothpaste whitens teeth better than the regular brand.  The researcher records the shade of the subject’s teeth before and after the subjects have used Sparkle for one month.

  1. What is the independent variable?
  2. What is dependent variable?
  3. Which group is the control group?
  4. Which group is the experimental group?

 

Aug 19 Wed

No opener- Lab day

Aug 20 Thurs

  1. Which sense has a greater influence on a person’s ability to distinguish different flavors of Jello?  sight or taste
  2. How is that an advantage to survival?
  3. If given “false” colored Jello, would a person be more likely to guess the correct flavor with their eyes open or closed?  Explain.

 

Aug 21 Fri

Distinguish between a scientific law, a theory, and a hypothesis.

  1. How does a law differ from a theory and a hypothesis?
  2. How does a theory differ from a law?

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Aug 24 Mon

  • No opener

Aug 25 Tues

  • Examine the picture of a Petri dish.

 

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2.  What do the white dots represent?

3.  From yesterday’s Preservation Power of Honey, what is the relationship between the concentration of honey and bacterial growth?

4.  Is sugar as effective as honey inhibiting bacteria?  How do you know?

 

Aug 26 Wed

Aug 27 Thurs

Aug 28 Fri

  • Quiz Scientific Method

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  1. Describe Ecology
  2. Explain how Biotic and Abiotic factors influence an ecosystem
  3. Know examples of the levels of organization and be able to place them in order

 

 

What are 8 characteristics of living organisms?

Aug 19 Tues

 

 

 

Aug 22 Fri

No opener- Quiz

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Aug 15

 

Aug 16

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr7roogzM8c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRWRmIEHr3A

End of week one!  Well done, class.

 

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