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Science 1, 2, 3 & 5

Review Vocabulary List Below (Interactions Among Living Things)

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Vocabulary – Interactions Among Living Things (pages 24-31)

Adaptation - A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment

Competition – A struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource.

Predator - An organism that kills another for food (obtains energy by feeding on other organisms)

Prey - An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.

Symbiosis - An interaction between two organisms which benefits at least one.

Mutualism – A relationship between two species in which both species benefit.

Commensalism – A relationship between two species in which one species is helped while the other is neither harmed nor helped.

Parasitism – a relationship in which one organism lives on or inside the host organism and harms it.

Online Video Help for Math:

How to Add Fractions with Unlike Denominators Video

How to Add Decimals Video

How to add and subtract mixed numbers Video

Multiplying Decimals Practice

Video Help

Writing Expressions Using Exponents

Ratios as Fractions in Simplest Form Video Help

Weathering & Erosion Practice Test
http://www.quia.com/quiz/4006193.html

Plate Tectonics Study Guide

FUN!!! Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Practice
http://www.quia.com/jg/2340852.html

Rounding Decimals Video

http://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/decimals/v/rounding-decimals

Rounding online practice:

http://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/decimals/e/rounding_numbers

Online Math Practice:

http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6

Observation & Experimentation Vocab

Click Here for Vocabulary

This article explains more about UV

Mr. Burnham's Math Class 4 Electronic Textbook and Homework Help:

http://bu7848.textbooks.cpm.org

9/6/12 Computer Lab Activity

"Famous Observers" Links:

Louis Pasteur:

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdpast.htm

http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/scientific-experiments/scientific-method5.htm

Carl Linnaeus:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/ontheedge/polio/

http://museum.pharmacy.pitt.edu/salk/

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/sal0pro-1

Ivan Pavlov:

http://www.ask.com/questions-about/Ivan-Pavlov

Gregor Mendel:

http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/gregormendel.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312650/mendel.htm

Charles Darwin:

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/scientists/charlesdarwin.html

http://charlesdarwinonline.com/

Jane Goodall:

http://www.biographyonline.net/humanitarian/jane-goodall.html

http://www.bookrags.com/biography/jane-goodall-wob/

Edward Jenner:

http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/edwardjenner.html

http://www.jennermuseum.com/Jenner/cowpox.html

Marie Currie:

http://www.aip.org/history/curie/brief/index.html

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/curie.htm

Diane Fossey:

http://dian-fossey.com/

http://www.unmuseum.org/fossey.htm

http://gorillafund.org/page.aspx?pid=380

8/30/12 Class Activity

www.QUIA.com

click on "Quia Web"

click on "Students"

Log in using last year's user name and password

New students need to create an account so ask for help

Type in the class code (listed on the whiteboard) and press the Add Class button.

Click on the Class

Click on the class webpage

Select the "Process Skills Pre-Assessment"

This Pre-Assessment is not a graded assignment, but you should do your best!

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Helpful links and resources from last year's science classes are below.

Ecology Concepts and Vocabulary for Post Assessment 2012

In this Ecology Unit, students will develop an understanding of ecosystems and how different populations of organisms interact. The goal of our study is to help students to develop an appreciation and respect for our natural world and to understand that a variety of factors, including human activities, have an impact on the ecosystem we all live in.

Vocabulary –Living Things and the Environment (Pages 6-11)

Organism - a living thing

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Habitat - An environment that provides all the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce. A place where several groups of different species interact.

Biotic Factor - A living part of an organism’s habitat. For example, grass is a biotic factor for a rabbit because it is a living thing the organism interacts with by eating it.

Abiotic Factor - A nonliving part of an organism’s habitat. For example, water is an abiotic factor because it is a nonliving part of a habitat that is necessary for survival.

Photosynthesis - The process in which plants use water along with carbon dioxide and sunlight to make their own food.

Species – A group of organisms that are physically similar and can produce offspring.

Population - All the members of one species in a particular area. For example, all the bluebirds living around Bicentennial Pond make up a population.

Community - All the different populations that live in a particular area. For example, the bluebirds, beavers, squirrels and turtles around Bicentennial Pond make up a community.

Ecosystem - All the organisms and the nonliving parts of their environment in a particular area.

Ecology

- the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment.

Vocabulary – Studying Populations (pages 13-20)

Limiting Factor - An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease or remain the same.

For example, if there is not enough food, then a population of deer will be reduced. Lack of food, water, or shelter would be a limiting factor.

Population Density

– The number of individuals in a specific area.

Carrying Capacity – The largest population that an area can support.

Vocabulary – Interactions Among Living Things (pages 24-31)

Adaptation - A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment

Competition – A struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource.

Predator - An organism that kills another for food (obtains energy by feeding on other organisms)

Prey - An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.

Symbiosis - An interaction between two organisms which benefits at least one.

Mutualism

– A relationship between two species in which both species benefit.

Commensalism

– A relationship between two species in which one species is helped while the other is neither harmed nor helped.

Parasitism

– a relationship in which one organism lives on or inside the host organism and harms it.

Vocabulary – Energy Flow in Ecosystems (pages 42-47)

Producer

- An organism that can make its own food.

Consumer

- An organism that feeds on other organisms to obtain energy.

Decomposer

- An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms and returns raw materials to the ecosystem.

Food Chain

– A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.

Food Web

– The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.

Herbivore

- A consumer that only eats plants.

Carnivore

– A consumer that only eats meat.

Omnivores – A consumers that eats both plants and animals.

Scavenger - A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.

Other Vocabulary

Biodiversity - The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

Interdependence

– The quality or condition in which organisms rely on one another for basic needs.

What does a trout need to LIVE, GROW and REPRODUCE?

Please enter the following URL: http://www.streamexplorers.org/fish-facts/trout-habitat

Ecology Vocabulary Complete list Practice
http://www.quia.com/jg/2425831.html

Ecology Rags to Riches Game:

http://www.quia

Adaptations classwork assignment & links:

Objectives: After watching the film, students will be able to answer the question below and begin to understand how adaptation can help an animal survive in its habitat. Go to this website and watch the short video:

http://www.exploringnature.org/db/detail.php?dbID=41&detID=2074

QUESTION: Name two ways this foam helps the spittlebug survive.

After you have answered the question, go to the following website and choose an animal to read about. Make a small poster illustrating the adaptations this animal has that helps it survive.

http://www.exploringnature.org/db/detail_index.php?dbID=5&dbType=2t

Older links and resources below

Study Guide For Simple Machines: PART II
http://www.quia.com/quiz/3643201.html

Study Guide for Soil Quiz

Soil Study Guide Answer Key

Soil Formation Notes (click to open PDF file)

Mechanical & Chemical Weathering Study Guide

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Plate Tectonics Practice 2011

(take this practice quiz as many times as needed to get 100%. Your high score will be recorded. Questions are randomly selected each time.)
http://www.quia.com/quiz/3357682.html

Tectonic Plate Practice
http://www.quia.com/rr/845705.html

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Practice
http://www.quia.com/jg/2340672.html

Earth's Structure Practice
http://www.quia.com/rr/840989.html

Geology Review
http://www.quia.com/jg/2340361.html

Observation & Experimentation Online Quiz Prep:

Observation and Experiementation Quiz Practice
http://www.quia.com/hm/782622.html

Variables practice
http://www.quia.com/cb/775304.html

Variables Quiz Practice
http://www.quia.com/rr/835625.html

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