Classroom Expectations
Name two of our school values
Respect
Learning
Positive Relationships
Resilience
Give an example of an abiotic factor
Rock
Water
Oxygen
Sunlight
Classify a bear and a fish using the terms predator and prey
Bear- predator
Fish - prey
Provide an example of animals competing over biotic factors
Food resources
Reproduction
True or False
The most deadly animal in the world is the mosquito
Kinda true
Most deadly is a human followed by a mosquito
What is Miss Dunne's job?
Help you grow as a learner
Create a safe and comfortable learning environment
Support you in and out of class
Define an ecosystem
a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
Give an example of a predator and prey relationship
Provide an example of plants competing over abiotic resources
Sunlight
True or false
Australia is moving north by 1cm per year
False
It's moving north by 5.6 cm a year, that's the same rate as your fingernails grow
What does it mean to be 'ready to learn'?
Motivated, excited, well rested, concentrated, respectful of others learning
Describe the difference between a producer, a primary consumer and a tertiary consumer.
A producer makes it's own energy from abiotic factors e.g. photosynthesis
A primary consumer obtains its energy directly from a producer
A tertiary consumer obtains it's energy by eating secondary consumers.
If the number of predators in a food web were to increase, what would happen to the number of prey?
The prey population would decrease until there isn't enough food for the predators. Then the predators would die from a lack of food.
Why does competition occur between members of the same species?
Need the same abiotic and biotic resources
Have the same reproductive partners
The finger print of a koala is indistinguishable from what other animal?
Human
What are the three R's of our back on track system?
Remind
Reassess
Relocate
What is the difference between an ecosystem and a food web?
A food web only involves the transfer of energy through a system.
An ecosystem looks are multiple types of interactions.
Foodweb- only biotic factors
Ecosystem- both abiotic and biotic factors
Are humans predators or prey?
It depends on the ecosystem that they are operating in.
Agriculture- predator
African savanah - prey
Why does competition occur between members of a different species?
They may compete for the same abiotic or biotic resoruces e.g. both use sea caves
Where do most native bees live?
In the ground