Oysters
What were the names of the two tanks where we kept our oysters in the back of the room?
The pink tank and the blue tank
What is the source of energy for photosynthesis?
The sun!
Name the 4 steps of the water cycle from the song we learned
evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff
A main reason the biodome failed was because they forgot to include these types of organisms....
Round 1 decomposers
Our trip to Ramapo was in what month?
November
True or False: You can eat oysters grown in NY harbor
False
Oxygen!
Denser items will...
a) sink to the bottom
b) rise to the top
a) sink to the bottom
amount of NPK, soil type, amount of vermiculite
How many times did 6th graders take a MAP test this year?
6 times!
We had to measure the temperature in the oyster tanks to make sure they had a suitable habitat. Name one other thing we measured in the tank.
pH or salinity
created... destroyed
Name 2 greenhouse gases
Here is a food chain:
leaf --> caterpillar --> robin --> hawk
Which is the primary consumer?
Caterpillar!
The day after January roundtables we went on a fun field trip. What did we do and where did we go?
Iceskating in Prospect Park
Name one benefit of the presence of Oysters in NY Harbor
Various!
Increase biodiversity, protection from storm surge, clean our water, provide habitat for other organisms
Potential Energy
Why doesn't it rain often in the southwest even when there is a low pressure system and warm weather?
Because they don't have much surface water and without surface water you can't have evaporation
Hypothesis
In February we went on a field trip to Governor's Island. What is the name of the non-profit organization we visited there?
Billion Oyster Project
Name 1 resource for oysters
algae or phytoplankton
What do the arrows in a food web show?
The movement of energy
Name 5 things that 6th graders can do to lessen climate change.
The biodome failed was because there was not enough CO2. This was a problem because CO2 is necessary for...
photosynthesis! Without CO2 plants cannot survive.