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4/29 - BLITZ - Organisms and the Environment

4/29 - BLITZ - Organisms and the Environment

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Science

8th Grade

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NGSS
MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-5, MS-LS2-3

+7

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Rebecca Keith

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8 Slides • 23 Questions

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4/29 - BLITZ - Organisms and the Environment

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You will be copying these doodle notes on the ENVIRONMENT onto your paper and answering questions for each section.​

The notes start on the next slide.​

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​Copy these notes onto your paper.

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Multiple Choice

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What is the difference between biotic and abiotic?
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Biotic are non-living things
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Abiotic are living organisms
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Biotic is life,
Abiotic is non-living
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Biotic is non-living, Abiotic is living

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Multiple Choice

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What does biodiversity mean?
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Only one species in an area.
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The different amount of species in an area
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All abiotic life
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Nitrogen fixation

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Multiple Choice

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The habitat of a moth species included trees with both light and dark colored bark.Therefore the moth species included both light and dark colored variants.Then the light-colored trees were wiped out by a disease, and within a few years nearly all the moths in this forest were dark colored. Which of the following choices BEST explains what happened?
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The light moths that survived all had dark offspring in order to adapt to the change.
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The dark moths were less visible to predators, so mostly light moths were eaten.
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The few light moths that survived did not mate, and therefore they had no offspring.
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The light moths changed their wing pigments to darker colors to avoid being eaten.

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Multiple Choice

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Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?
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Hawk
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Spider
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Grasshopper
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Shrew

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Multiple Choice

What might happen if you remove a primary consumer from the ecosystem?
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There would be more food for secondary consumers.
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The number of primary consumers would increase.
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The number of plants would increase.
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The number of secondary consumers would increase.

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Multiple Select

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Which of these are producers in this food web?

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Phytoplankton/algae

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Crabs

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Clams

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Drum Fish

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Multiple Choice

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If the grasshopper were to be removed completely from the food web, what organism would be most effected?

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squirrel

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shrew

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deer

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rabbit

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Multiple Select

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Which of these consumers are herbivores? (multiple answers)

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Caterpillar

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Rabbit

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Snail

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Eagle

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Multiple Select

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Which of the following organisms compete for the mouse? (multiple answers)

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buzzard

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snake

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fox

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ladybird

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Multiple Select

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Which of these organisms prey on the krill? (multiple answers)

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Phytoplankton

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Seagull

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Blue Whale

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Fish

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Multiple Choice

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What happens to the fish if there is fertilizer runoff?

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The fish thrive because of increase in Nitrogen and Phosphorous.

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The fish die because of lack of oxygen.

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Nothing happens to the fish.

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The fish thrive because there is more algae to eat.

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Multiple Select

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Which of the following is the cause of dead zones in the ocean? (check all that apply)

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An increase in the number of fish.

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An increase in runoff from fertilizer

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An increase in oxygen

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A decrease in oxygen

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Multiple Choice

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What is one way humans are trying to positively impact the ocean?

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Fishing

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Drilling for oil and natural gas

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Creating artificial reefs

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Transporting goods in ocean vessels

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Multiple Choice

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the first organisms that appear in an ecological community
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ecological succession 
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primary succession 
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secondary succession
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pioneer speciles

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Multiple Choice

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succession that occurs in an area where soil is already present
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ecological succession 
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primary succession 
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secondary succession
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pioneer speciles

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The picture shows what type of succession?

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primary

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secondary

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tertiary

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quadanary

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You will be copying these doodle notes on the ORGANISMS onto your paper and answering questions for each section.​

The notes start on the next slide.​

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Multiple Choice

What are the levels of organization in order?

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Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Organism

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Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System

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Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organism, Organ System

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Cell, Organ, Tissue, Organ System, Organism

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Multiple Choice

Which two systems work together to maintain homeostasis while transporting oxygen throughout the body and removing carbon dioxide?

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circulatory and respiratory

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respiratory and excretory

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circulatory and digestive

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respiratory and digestive

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Multiple Select

Which TWO of the following Body Systems are involved in providing Oxygen to body tissues?

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Excretory

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Digestive

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Circulatory

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Respiratory

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Multiple Select

Which THREE body systems are directly involved in using your arm and hand to open a notebook during class?

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Nervous

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Excretory

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Skeletal

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Digestive

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Muscular

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Multiple Choice

What is the function of the cell nucleus found in both plant and animal cells?
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to produce energy
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to control cell activity
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to remove waste products
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to allow molecules to enter the cell

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Multiple Choice

What is one basic function of the vacuoles?
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circulating oxygen
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producing food
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controlling cell processes
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storing water

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Multiple Choice

Chloroplasts in plant cells allow the plant to perform a function that animal cells cannot do.  What is the main function of the chloroplasts found in plant cells?
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to absorb light energy and manufacture food
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to remove waste materials by active transport
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to manufacture chemical energy from food
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to control the shape of the cell

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