The 4 Cycles
Weather and Climate
Biomes
Succession
Garble-de-gunk
100
How does water enter the atmosphere?
What is EVAPORATION and TRANSPIRATION
100
Day-to-day conditions are called ___________
What is WEATHER
100
Which Biome is closest to the equator?
What is TROPICAL RAIN FOREST OR TROPICAL DRY FOREST *BONUS: Why?
100
Succession happens in all ecosystems. True or False
What is TRUE *BONUS: What is Succession?
100
Abiotic factors are ______________
What is NON-LIVING
200
Name the 4 cycles of Matter
What is WATER, CARBON, NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS
200
Year to year conditions are called __________
What is CLIMATE
200
If the average daytime temperature of the tropical rain forest is 34 degrees C and the average summer temperature of the Tundra is 12 degrees C, how can you account for the difference?
What is THE TROPICAL RAIN FOREST IS LOCATED IN THE TROPICAL ZONE NEAR THE EQUATOR AND GETS MORE DIRECT SUNLIGHT THAN THE TUNDRA THEREFORE IS WARMER THAN THE TUNDRA *BONUS: Which zone(s) is the Tundra located?
200
Black Bass and Bluegill fish make their nests on sandy bottoms. What will happen to them as the floor ponds fill with organic debris?
What is THEY WOULD DIE
200
Organisms that can interbreed and produce viable offspring are called _______
What is SPECIES
300
In the Flow of Matter, matter is recycled-not used up. True or False
What is TRUE
300
What is the Green-house effect?
What is HEAT TRAPPED IN THE ATMOSPHERE
300
Which climate zone contains the most biomes?
What is TEMPERATE *BONUS: Why do you think that is?
300
If Pond A has some debris and vegetation, Pond B has none, Pond C has very little and Pond D is full of debris, LIST THE PONDS IN ORDER from Youngest to oldest
What is B,C,A,D *BONUS: Some amphibians and crayfish can withstand periods of dryness by burying themselves in mud. In which pond(s) would they survive?
300
A cycle including multiple producers, consumers and decomposers is called __________
What is FOOD WEB *BONUS: A single cycle is called ___________
400
How do animals contribute to the Water cycle?
What is RESPIRATION (WATER VAPOR THROUGH BREATH) *BONUS: How do plants contribute??
400
1. Name the 3 Climate Zones 2. What is the difference between the zone at the equator and the zone above or below it?
What is 1. POLAR, TEMPERATE, TROPICAL 2. THE TROPICAL ZONE GETS THE MOST DIRECT SUNLIGHT YEAR-ROUND SO IT'S WARMER THAN THE TEMPERATE ZONES
400
The Biomes that have only 2 seasons is due to ___________
What is THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION THEY RECEIVE AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR *BONUS: What are the 2 seasons?
400
If mussels require a sandy bottom pond in order to maintain an upright position, what kind of pond will they die out?
What is POND FILLED WITH ORGANIC DEBRIS, FILLED WITH GRASSES AND VEGETATION.
400
What's happening to the molecules of matter?
What is BEING PASSED AROUND THE WORLD OVER AND OVER AGAIN
500
Pick the correct sequence of the "State Changes" of water: a. Glacial Melt, runoff, evaporation, transpiration, condensation b. Glacial Melt, runoff, evaporation, condensation, precipitation
What is b. Glacial Melt, runoff, evaporation, condensation, precipitation *Remember: State-changes are from solid to liquid to gas to liquid to solid
500
If the lowest average temperature on earth is -25 degrees Celsius and the highest is 37 degrees Celsius, what is the difference?
What is 62 DEGREES *BONUS: As the average temperature rises across the globe, this phenomenon is called __________
500
Which Biome receives the least amount of precipitation?
What is DESERT *BONUS: Which climate zone(s) do you think the desert is in?
500
EVERYONE HAVE THEIR SUCCESSION WORKSHEET/PACKET WE DID???? If not.....TOO BAD!
What is THOSE THAT HAVE IT GET REWARDED (later :) )
500
Elements, compounds and other forms of matter are passed from one organism/Biosphere to another is _________
What is THE BIOCHEMICAL CYCLE *BONUS: what dictates the seasons?
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