Language of Examples
Language of Similarities
Language of Differences
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All of the organisms living in an area together is an ecosystem; _____________, a vacant lot or a coral reef is an ecosystem
What is "for example" or "for instance"
100
Both deserts ______ tundra have animals that must adapt to the areas' extreme weather.
What is "and"
100
Temperature is an abiotic factor of an ecosystem, ______ once living (i.e. dead) organisms are a biotic factor of an ecosystem.
What is "but"
100
True or False: An ecosystem is all the members of a species living in a certain area. All the squirrels on GSU's campus are one ecosystem.
What is "false" An ecosystem is all of the organisms living in an area together with their physical environment. The squirrels, humans, and birds living on GSU's campus are an ecosystem.
100
True or False: "Bacteria are part of the abiotic factors of an ecosystem."
What is "False"? Bacteria are part of the biotic factors of an ecosystem.
200
Abiotic factors are nonliving things _____________ temperature, water, air, rock, soil, and light/
What is "such as: or "like"
200
Global warming causes rises in air temperature which affects animals like the arctic fox and polar bear; _________, animals in water are also affected.
What is "similarly"
200
A population is homogenous and includes all the members of a particular species that live in a certain area. ____________, a community is heterogeneous and includes many different species that live in a certain area.
What is "however" "in contrast" or "on the other hand"?
200
A(n) __________ is an individual living thing. It can be a plant or an animal like a dog, a tick, or a tree.
What is "Organism"
200
True or False: "The desert and the tundra are two examples of a biome"
What is "True"
300
Write the same sentence using a different form of examples: Global warming has begun to negatively affect many species. To demonstrate, global warming caused droughts in the golden toad's habitat and now the golden toad is the first species to become extinct because of global warming.
What is "Global warming has begun to negatively affect many species. To illustrate, global warming caused droughts in the golden toad's habitat and now the golden toad is the first species to become extinct because of global warming."
300
Write the same sentence using another type of similarity language: "The desert receives very little precipitation. Likewise, the tundra also receives less than forty centimeters of precipitation."
What is ""The desert receives very little precipitation. Similarly, the tundra also receives less than forty centimeters of precipitation."
300
Write the same sentence using another type of difference language: "While the tundra's temperature is usually cold. The temperature of the desert changes from day to night."
What is "Whereas the tundra's temperature is usually cold. the temperature of the desert changes from day to night."
300
____________ is permanently frozen soil. It is found primarily in the arctic and tundra.
What is "permafrost"
300
A(n) _________ is any group of organism that can reproduce together such as deer, gypsy moths, mice, and ticks.
What is "species"?
400
Complete the sentence: Some animals are vulnerable to the effect of global warming because they are temperature-sensitive. Example: Trout and Salmon
What is "Some animals (e.g. trout and salmon) are vulnerable to the effects of global warming because they are temperature sensitive"
400
Write the same sentence using another type of similarity language: "Just as animals in the desert have developed thick skin to keep water in, plants in the desert have developed thick, fleshy stems and leaves that store water."
What is "Both animals in the desert and plants in the desert have developed ways to store water."
400
Write the same sentence using another type of difference language: "Plants in the tundra must stay close to the ground for warmth so they are often short. In contrast, plants of the desert do not need to stay near the warm ground so they are tall and short."
What is "Tundra plants stay close to the ground for warmth, but plants in the desert are tall or short because they do not need the ground's warmth."
400
Define a desert
What is "Deserts are areas that have extreme temperatures, receive less than 25 cm of precipitation a year, and have little or no vegetation. Cold deserts exist like the Gobi Desert in China and the Great Basin in the USA while hot deserts are the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and the Sahara in Africa."
400
Define a habitat:
What is "The place an organism lives is called its habitat. To illustrate, a howler monkey lives in a rain forest while a cactus lives in a desert and a waterlily's habitat is a pond."
500
Make an example sentence about the polar bear.
What is "Global warning's effects on temperature also affects animals; for instance, ice in arctic regions freezes faster and melts sooner than it did before global warming and polar bears, as a result, accumulate less fat reserves but use these reserves for longer."
500
Make a similarity sentence (1) with humans and deers about ticks or (2) with acorns and gypsy moths about mice
What is "(1) Both humans and deers are bitten by ticks" or "(2) Mice eat both acorns and gypsy moths."
500
Make a difference sentence about an oak forest and a pond
What is "Whereas mice often live in oak forests, polar bears do not often live near ponds."
500
Define a succulent
What is "Succulent plants (such as the cactus) are plants with thick, fleshy stems to store water and sharp spines to prevent thirsty animals from attacking."
500
Define "habitat destruction"
What is "Habitat destruction is the loss of an organism's habitat. There are many causes of habitat destruction, but currently human development and global warming are the primary causes of habitat destruction."
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