Biodiversity/Invasive Species, Climate and Weather, Energy R

Biodiversity/Invasive Species, Climate and Weather, Energy R

Today

we will have another competative class. Students who are in the top 5 places will win hot chips :)

CLT

Blue knights can successfully answer life science, climate and weather and energy questions correctly.

Multiple Choice

What is today's CLT?

• Blue knights can successfully answer environmental science, ELA and math questions correctly.

• Blue knights can successfully answer earth science, physics and social studies questions correctly.

• Blue knights can successfully answer life science, climate and weather and energy questions correctly.

Watch this Youtube Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNfIGtZ3k1Q

Practice Quizziz

We will take a moment to practice some invasive species questions. Pay attention to what you miss so that you can get it correct in the competition.

Multiple Choice

All of the below are ways you can help control invasive species except

• don't pick wildflowers

• spread the word

• clean boats and boating equipment

• landscape with non-native species

Multiple Choice

Invasive species cost

• Hundreds of billions of dollars each year

• hundreds of dollars each year

• thousands of dollars each year

• hundreds of millions each year

Multiple Choice

Zebra mussels eat

• krill

• algae

• small mouth bass

• phytoplankton

Multiple Choice

The primary cause of invasive species introduction is

• too much food

• human actions

• weather events

• asteroids

Multiple Choice

Which of these words does NOT describe an invasive species?

• alien

• intruder

• non-native

• natural

Multiple Choice

Name the levels of an ecosystem in order from smallest to largest.

• Ecosystem, population, organism, community

• Community, organism, population, ecosystem

• Organism, population, community, ecosystem

• Ecosystem, community, population, organism

Multiple Choice

Why do the populations of invasive species grow so quickly? 

• Invasive Species are native to an area. 
• Invasive species are prey to many animals.
• Invasive species have no predators.
• Invasive species keep the ecosystems in equilibrium.

Multiple Choice

This invasive species came over in boats from Europe in the 1980's.  They harm native fish, clog pipes and ruin beaches.  

• Sea Lamprey
• Zebra Mussel
• Asian Carp
• Feral Swine

Multiple Choice

A species that is not native to an area is called: 

• Native Species
• Natural Species
• Invasive Species
• Symbiotic Species

Multiple Choice

Invasive species grow quickly due to the lack of predators, this leads to a decline or extinction of the native population. True or false? 

• false
• true

Multiple Choice

Invasive species alter the ecosystem by a___________in number quickly,this leads to _____ food for the native  species. 

• increasing  less
• decline  decreasing

Multiple Choice

What is an invasive species?

• A native (naturally found) species which are added to an area. 
• A non-native (not naturally found) species added to an area. 
• A keystone species in an environment
• none of the above

Practice

We will look at the Quizlet as a review tool. https://quizlet.com/375470098/ecosystems-and-biodiversity-flash-cards/

Multiple Choice

an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.

• consumer

• producer

• organism

• photosynthesis

Multiple Choice

The amount of organisms of a species or specific group.

• individual

• population

• community

• ecosystem

Multiple Choice

A group of living living things that are in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.

• individual

• population

• community

• ecosystem

Multiple Choice

Where organisms live.

• Niche

• Habitat

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

Multiple Choice

Living things in an ecosystem.

• Abiotic Factor

• Symbiosis

• Biotic Factor

• Habitat

Multiple Choice

Non living things in an ecosystem.

• Abiotic Factor

• Symbiosis

• Biotic Factor

• Habitat

Multiple Choice

An animal that naturally preys on others.

• prey

• producer

• predator

• autotroph

Multiple Choice

An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.

• Prey

• Producer

• Predator

• Autotroph

Multiple Choice

An ecosystem in freshwater.

• Marine Ecosystem

• Estuary

• Freshwater Ecosystem

• Tundra

Multiple Choice

are among the largest of Earth's aquatic ecosystems. Examples include salt marshes, intertidal zones, estuaries, lagoons, mangroves, coral reefs, the deep sea, and the sea floor.

• Marine Ecosystems

• Freshwater Ecosystems

• Tropical Rainforest

• Desert

Multiple Choice

The process plants go through to make sugars (their food).

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular respiration

• Producers

• Consumers

Multiple Choice

Plants that produce energy that other organisms (consumers) then eat or consume.

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Carnavore

Multiple Choice

Organisms that consume the producers.

• Consumer

• Producer

• Carnavore

• Prey

Multiple Choice

Bacteria and other small organisms that help to decompose dead things.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Prey

Multiple Choice

a way to visualize the energy transfer in an ecosystem.

• Ecology

• Food web

• Environmental Science

• Mutualism

Multiple Choice

The conversion of one form of energy into another, or the movement of energy from one place to another.

• Food web

• Energy pyramid

• Energy transfer

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Each of several hierarchical levels in an ecosystem, comprising organisms that share the same function in the food chain and the same nutritional relationship to the primary sources of energy.

• Producers

• Consumers

• Trophic Levels

• Secondary Consumers

Multiple Choice

The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

• Ecology

• Symbiosis

• Biodiversity

• Biotic Factors

Multiple Choice

A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.

• Population

• Community

• Species

Multiple Choice

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Symbiosis

Multiple Choice

An ecological niche is the role and position a species has in its environment; how it meets its needs for food and shelter, how it survives, and how it reproduces.

• Habitat

• Niche

• Ecosystem

• Biome

Multiple Choice

are herbivores, feeding on plants.

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

Multiple Choice

are organisms, primarily animals, which eat primary consumers.

• producers

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• tertiary consumers

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A consumer that eats only plants.

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

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A consumer that eats both plants and animals

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

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A consumer that eats only animals.

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

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An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.

• Prey

• Producer

• Predator

• Autotroph

Watch a Youtube Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cnx5Bzctas

Quizziz

A practice Quizziz https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/60526d0982fe2f001d9ae997/weather-maps

Multiple Select

What 3 things are true about HIGH PRESSURE air?

• cool, dry air that sinks

• becomes more dense

• causes clear skies & calm weather

• warm, moist air that rises

Multiple Choice

Which front fits this description: two cold air masses trap a warm air mass and create rain, snow, or thunderstorms.

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Multiple Choice

Which front fits this description: a warm air mass meets a cold air mass but neither is strong enough to push the other out?

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Multiple Choice

Which front fits this description: a warm air mass replaces a cold air mass and leaves warmer, more humid weather after it passes?

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Multiple Choice

Which front fits this description: a cold air mass replaces a warm air mass and leaves fair, cooler weather after it passes?

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Multiple Choice

What is the boundary between two air mass called?

• front

• air mass

• air pressure

• the fence

Multiple Choice

Air masses are moved by...

• magic wand

• convection currents in the atmosphere

• the air mass fairy

• convection currents in the mantle

Multiple Select

What 3 things are true about AIR MASSES that form over TROPICAL regions?

• cold

• low pressure

• moist

• warm

Multiple Select

What 3 things are true about AIR MASSES that form over POLAR regions?

• cold

• dry

• high pressure

• warm

Multiple Select

What 3 things are true about LOW PRESSURE air?

• cool, dry air that sinks

• causes clouds, wind, & precipitation

• becomes less dense

• warm, moist air that rises