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PESTICIDES:
Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVIoHYIwlY8
Read this article: https://newsela.com/read/pesticides-food/id/50574/
Read this article: https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/pesticides/index.cfm
Read this article: https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/pesticidesgroundwater
Answer these questions:
1- Define what pesticides are.
2-How can pesticides be harmful?
3- Explain the relationship between pesticides and water pollution
Parasitism:
Watch this video: Symbiotic Relationships-Definition and ExamplesMutualism,Commensalism,Parasitism
Watch this video: Parasitism Definition and Examples
Watch this video: The Tongue-Eating Parasite
Read this article: https://newsela.com/read/worm-health
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Answer these questions:
1- What is parasite and parasitism?
2- Explain what kind of relationship is a parasitic one?
3- Give some examples of parasitic relationships in animals and humans.
Coral Reef:
Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5DooxgwEiw
Read this article: https://newsela.com/read/benchmark-9-super-corals/id/42266/
Read this article: https://newsela.com/read/barrier-reef-economy/id/29339/
Read this article: https://newsela.com/read/colorful-corals-beat-bleaching/id/2001017505/
Answer these questions:
1- What type of organisms are the Corals?
2- Why are the Coral reefs dying?
3- What are the consequences of the coral reef bleaching?
Yellowstone Wolves:
Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTPt70vA39k
Read this article: https://www.yellowstonepark.com/things-to-do/wildlife/wolf-reintroductionchanges-ecosystem/
Answer these questions:
1- What was happening before they introduced the wolves at Yellowstone Park?
2- What happened after the wolves were introduced at the Yellowstone Park?
Algae Blooms:
Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=706kZXlHZRw
Read this article: https://www.epa.gov/nutrientpollution/effects-dead-zones-and-harmful-algalblooms
Read this article: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/why_habs.html
Answer these questions:
1- How do the Algae Blooms are formed?
2- How are Algae blooms harmful?
3- What can be done to avoid the algae overgrow?
Changes in pH
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Non-Native/Exotic Plants:
Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYNAtw1c7hI
Read this article: https://lakes.grace.edu/native-non-native-invasive-species/
Answer these questions:
1- What are exotic plants?
2- How non-native plants impact the ecosystem?
3- Give an example of an exotic plant and its consequence for the enviroment.
Global Warming/Greenhouse Gas:
Watch this video: Greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases| Global change| AP Environmental
science| Khan Academy
Watch this video: The Science Behind Global Warming: The Mechanism of the Greenhouse Effect
Read this article: https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/19/what-is-the-greenhouse-effect/
Answer these questions:
1- What's global warming?
2- Explain what greenhouse gas in your own words is.
3- How we contribute to the Global warming?
Adaptations: (Camouflage, reflex, instinct):
Watch this video: Types Of Adaptations
Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpEOiqZD07Y
Read this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/animal-camouflage.htm
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Answer these questions:
1- What are some types of adaptation?
2- Explain camouflage, reflex, and instinct.
3- Give a few examples of adaptation.
Adaptations: (Hibernation, migration):
Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRX2JtKFUzk&list=PLUdF7nXFikmqhMdgGYEg7_-WqCY66fI0
Read this article: https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/animal_adaptations_for_winter
Answer these questions:
1- What's animal adaptation?
2- What's the definition of hibernation?
3- Explain migration.
Pollution:
Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STnKAI5kWQ0
Read this article: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/pollution/
Read this article: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/air-pollution-everything-you-need-know
Answer these questions:
1- Define pollution
2-What are the types of pollution?
3- Explain the relationship between pollution and global warming.