Mod 4 Conceptual Checkpoint 1

The blue lines on a map represent a body of water that flows to the ocean.

• Ocean

• Lake

• Glacier

• River

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A large body of salt water that takes up 73% of the earth is the ....

• Ocean

• Lake

• Glacier

• River

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A body of water surrounded by land on all sides is a ....

• Ocean

• Lake

• Lake

• River

A body of moving ice often found in mountains or the artic is a ....

• Ocean

• Lake

• Glacier

• River

The higher up the land goes in elevation (like the top of Mount Everest) the temperature....

• increases or gets hotter.

• decreases or gets colder.

• stays the same.

The TOP of the mountain is the...

• Sea Level

• Summit

The level of the sea that land rises in elevation from is the...

• Sea Level

• Summit

Pretend the environment we are looking at has the following:

Fresh water that flows fast. It grows NO algae. Its temperature is warm to hot.

Pick the animals that could live there. (There may be more than 1 answer.)

• Brown Bullhead needs:

  Fresh water that moves slowly or is still. Eats algae. Temperature cold to warm.

• Indian Rhinoceros needs: Grassy areas. Eats grasses, fruits and leaves. Temperature warm to hot.

• Blacknose Dase needs: Fresh water that moves fast. Eats algae . Temperature cool to warm.

• None of these animals named could live in this environment.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4