Ecosystem Restoration: Lesson 1.4

Multiple Choice

What is the main goal of the Natural Resources Rescue project in the Costa Rican rain forest ecosystem?

• To restore the ecosystem and improve its health

• To remove all animals from the area

• To build new roads in the forest

• To introduce new animal species

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to use evidence instead of just opinions when making a scientific argument for Natural Resources Rescue?

• Evidence helps make better decisions based on facts

• Opinions are always correct

• Evidence is not needed in science

• Opinions are more interesting

Open Ended

Which claim about what alligators eat do you think is correct, and why?

Open Ended

How does the decrease in the number of fish in the swamp provide evidence for what alligators eat?

Fill in the Blank

The number of fish in the swamp decreased from 100 to ___ after alligators were observed there.

Open Ended

Based on the evidence we just looked at, what do alligators eat? How do we know?

Multiple Choice

What do alligators eat?

• Alligators eat other animals.

• Alligators eat plants.

• Alligators eat rocks.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are parts of an argument?

• Claim

• Evidence

• Conclusion

• Prediction

Fill in the Blank

Fill in the blank: In an argument, a ___ is a proposed answer to a question.

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of 'evidence' as used in scientific arguments?

• Information that supports an answer to a question

• A guess about what might happen

• A story about an animal

• A type of experiment

Open Ended

How do animals grow?

Multiple Choice

According to the lesson, what are animals made of?

• Energy

• Matter

• Water

• Air

Fill in the Blank

The word 'environment' means all the living and ___ things in an area.

Multiple Choice

Where do animals get the molecules they need to grow?

• From the sun

• From their environment

• From the air only

• From other animals only

Open Ended

Based on what you observed, do you have any new ideas about how otters grow their bodies?

Open Ended

What were the otters doing in the video?

Open Ended

What is a claim you can make about how animals grow based on evidence you find in the text?

Open Ended

Based on your evidence, what claims can you make about how animals grow?

Open Ended

What evidence did you find as you read about how animals grow?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following pieces of evidence would best support the claim that animals grow by eating?

• Observing animals eating food and increasing in size

• Watching animals sleep

• Seeing animals swim in water

• Hearing animals make sounds

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes how animals grow, according to the claim discussed in class?

• By eating to add molecules to their bodies

• By sleeping more

• By moving to new places

• By drinking water only