Week 10 Powerpoints (Desert and Tundra Biomes)

Monday: Unit 3 Introduction and Desertification Article
Tuesday: Desert Overview/Food web and graph activity

Desert/Tundra Packet - Due Friday

The Desert/Tundra Packet will include the following:

1. Desert Overview
2. Tundra Overview

Each Overview should contain the following:

• 3 sentence basic description of biome
• Annual rainfall
• Average temperature range
• Typical Vegetation
• Typical Animal life
• Location and specific examples. 
• Biome specific questions
• Why are Deserts typically found in between the 15' and 35' latitudes?
• What is the difference between Alpine and Arctic tundra?

Along with the overviews, the packet will include:
3. Desertification Article Questions
4. Desert Food Web
5. Average Monthly Desert Temperature Graph (Same link as Desert Food Web)


More to come....

Week 8/9 Homework - Due Tuesday 10/14

Use these problems to serve as a review for the Unit 2 test that we are having on Tuesday, October 10th.

1. Define the following words:

• Producer
• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Scavenger
• Decomposer

2. What does the 10% rule mean?

3. What is the difference between a primary and secondary secondary succession event?

4. What are the first types of organisms that inhabit an area after a succession event?

5. What is the difference between mutualism, commensalsim, and parasitism?

6. Describe why natural selection would create the many different types of bird beaks. 

7. In the picture below, the dotted line is the carrying capacity and the line that letter C is pointing to is the population size. Explain why the population  rises above and dips below the carrying capacity multiple times.

8. Name three different ways in which carbon is cycled through the environment. 

If you have any questions, fee free to email me for help! 

Mr. Sandoval's Contact Info

Hey everyone,

If you have a question about class or any of the assignments you can get a hold of me by phone/text or email.

E-mail:  Noah.Sandoval@lawtonps.org
Cell:      (405) 757-0267

Week 8 - Powerpoints and Activities

Monday: Natural Selection
Powerpoint
Predation/Protective Coloration Activity

Tuesday:
Powerpoint
Natural Selection Summary Questions

Wednesday:
Food vs. Beak Powerpoint
Food vs. Beak Handout
Food vs. Beak Activity Guide

Thursday:
Food vs. Beak Review Powerpoint

Week 7 - Powerpoints/Activities

Monday: Energy Flow
Powerpoint
Energy/Biomass/Food web pyramid - Follow the instructions on the document to fill out each side of the pyramid. Cut it out and assemble the 3D pyramid.

Tuesday: Carbon Cycle
Powerpoint
Carbon Cycle Key Terms
For more information you can visit the following site.
http://www.visionlearning.com/en/library/Earth-Science/6/The-Carbon-Cycle/95

Wednesday: Ecological Succession
Succession powerpoint
Succession problems

Thursday: Carrying Capacity
Carrying capacity powerpoint
Carrying capacity deer herb exercise
Carry capacity problems


Also for those who wish to complete quiz corrections, here is the Week 7 Quiz