Biomes
What is a biome?
Answer: A biome is a large geographical area with similar climate, plants, and animals.
What is an ecosystem?
Answer: An ecosystem is a community of living organisms interacting with each other and their environment.
What does it mean when a species is endangered?
Answer: An endangered species is at risk of extinction due to loss of habitat, poaching, or other threats.
What time does the school day start?
7:45 to lockers
7:50 Period 1
What is Mr. Letiecq's first name?
Brian
Name two types of biomes.
Answer: Examples include deserts, forests, grasslands, and tundra.
Name one abiotic factor in an ecosystem.
Answer: Examples include sunlight, water, soil, and temperature.
Name one endangered species.
Answer: Examples include the Amur leopard, sea turtles, or the African elephant. The list is long...
What are the days for advisory?
Monday and Thursday
What is Mrs. Letiecq's dog's name?
Alta
What biome is characterized by very low temperatures and permafrost?
Answer: The tundra biome.
How do producers, consumers, and decomposers interact in an ecosystem?
Answer: Producers make their own food, consumers eat producers and other consumers, and decomposers break down dead organisms.
What are two main reasons that species become endangered?
Answer: Habitat destruction and poaching are two primary reasons.
What is the room number for Mrs. Letiecq's classroom?
Room 144
What town does Mrs. Letiecq live in?
Windham
How does climate affect the types of plants found in a biome?
Answer: Climate determines temperature and precipitation, influencing plant growth and types.
What role do plants play in an ecosystem?
Answer: Plants serve as producers, providing food and oxygen through photosynthesis.
How can humans help protect endangered species?
Answer: By creating protected areas, supporting conservation efforts, and reducing pollution.
What is growth mindset?
Training your brain to do anything you set your sights on to do!
What lake does Mrs. Letiecq live on?
Highland Lake
Explain the concept of a tropical rainforest biome.
Answer: Tropical rainforests are warm, wet areas rich in biodiversity, with dense vegetation and high rainfall.
Describe the importance of biodiversity in an ecosystem.
Answer: Biodiversity helps ecosystems to be resilient, supports food webs, and maintains ecological balance.
Describe the role of the Endangered Species Act.
Answer: The Act aims to protect and recover imperiled species and their habitats.
What is one rule in the classroom that has to do with Mrs. Letiecq's superpower?
Do not put papers on her desk.
Do not take things off her desk.
Don't tell her something when she is doing something else...she will forget.
She has an eye on everything and sees all!
Name a continent that Mrs. Letiecq has not been to?
Australia, Antarctica or Africa