Climate Change and the Water Cycle
What were the 6 cities/areas we studied for both floods and droughts in our vrey first unit?
1. East Porterville, CA
2. Vicksburg, MS
3. Navajo Nation
4. Boston, MA
5. Yakima, WA
6. Windom, MN
What is the main ingredient in most processed foods that harms orangutan habitats?
Palm Oil
What was the bird beak lab, and what did you learn from it?
The bird beak lab was where everyone visited different food islands with their "beaks" (spoons, cups, chopsticks, etc.) and were either naturally selected for or against on those islands. Survival of the fittest, only the best beak for each island got enough food to survive.
What is the number one state for maple syrup?
Vermont
Coach Ademski suddenly bursts into tears in the middle of class. What is she most likely crying about?
Either Pippen died or she ran out of coffee. Or both.
What is the pattern for floods and droughts in the US? (otherwise, where are there more floods? Where are there more droughts?
East USA - Floods
West USA - Droughts
Describe the diet of a Giant Panda. How is their diet getting affected by humans right now? How did this affect the panda population, and what is happening now?
99% bamboo. They eat 20-40 pounds of bamboo each day, but humans are cutting down bamboo due to agriculture, livestock grazing, and bamboo tree harvesting. Luckily, there has been less of this and the pandas have shifted from endangered to vulnerable.
What are the 6 kingdoms of life?
Animalia, Plantae, Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Fungi, Protista
What is agave?
A natural type of sweetener from the agave plant.
2. Fruit (seasonal, but mostly apples and bananas)
3. HEB homemade tortillas
What is the definition of "humidity"?
The amount of water vapor in the air, often listed as a percentage
What was the name of the typhoon movie clip we watched (the one with young Tom Holland in it)?
The Impossible
What is amylase?
An enzyme in your saliva that helps you break down complex carbs into sugars (glucose).
What is a hydroponic system?
Growing plants on water rather than with soil.
Coach Ademski once spend $160 on herself for food at a restaurant. What was that food?
SUSHI :)
What causes more droughts? (You must list all 6 steps!)
1. Air temperature rises
2. The hotter the air, the more evaporation
3. The more evaporation, the more water vapor is in the air
4. Winds move water vapor to other places
5. Less water vapor means less precipitation
6. Less precipitation means more droughts
What is a lichen?
An organism that grows on rock, and coverts rock to soil in primary succession.
How does a man's body change after he trains for a marathon? You must name all 3 changes!
1. loses fat
2. builds more lean muscle
3. bones get stronger
What is cellulose?
What plant cell walls are made of, and it is what plants make to help them grow.
There is a karaoke contest at school. What song is Cocah Ademski probably going to sing? (There are 3 options here, more points if you get the artist and song, most points if you get all 3).
1. Buy you a drank by T-pain
2. Misery Business by Paramore
3. The Weekend by Sza
We did an "ice core lab." Describe it. What did we do? What indicator did we use? What did it teach us?
We used BTB (bromythol blue) to test ice that had no CO2 in it, and lots of CO2 in it. We found that ice with no CO2 turned blue. Ice with lots of CO2 turned green/yellow.
This related to the ice in our ice caps showing we are getting more and more CO2 in our atmosphere each year, which gets trapped in ice.
What were the name of the orangutans in the old-school simulation we did (the one about orangutan deaths, births, eating the purple dots meant they were eating figs, and I made you pick an organgutan and follow it on the screen).
You must get at least 4 names to get full credit, but the team with the most correct names get the most credit. Spell as best as you can!
Rose, Louie, Munn, Mia, Jax, Lucy, Aponi, Bob, Amy, Ken, Sam, Ava, Kasa, Redd, & Inji
What is gluten? Why did we care?
What was the name of the bacteria that is also a decomposer? Spelling counts!
Bacillus subtilis
When is Pippen's birthday?
Hint: he is my "little certified lover boiiiiii"
Valentines Day! 2/14 :)