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UNIT 1- Interactions Within Ecosystems
Chapter 1
NOTE: Students should be able to explain and provide examples of the terms.
Terms:
Ecosystem
Abiotic
Biotic
Species
Population
Community
Habitat
Niche
Organism
Range of tolerance
Important Concepts:
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Identify examples of ecosystems within Newfoundland and Labrador (4)
List examples of organisms that live in each ecosystem
Describe the abiotic and biotic factors of a local area (Schoolyard lab)
Describe interactions between biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem
a. Biotic- abiotic
b. Abiotic- abiotic
c. Biotic- biotic
Chapter 2
NOTE: Students should be able to explain and provide examples of the terms.
Terms:
Symbiosis
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
Consumer
Decomposer Herbivore
Carnivore
Food chain
Food web
Photosynthesis
Nutrient cycle Scavenger
Producer
Omnivore
Energy pyramid
Important Concepts:
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Identify the producers, primary consumers and secondary consumers in food chains and webs
What do plants need to carry out photosynthesis? What does this process produce?
Be able to construct simple food chains as well as classify organisms within food chains
Interpret a pyramid of energy
Pyramid of energy- Why is energy transformed into other types of energy? How much energy is
lost at each level?
6. What are some limitations of food chains, food webs and energy pyramids?
7. Illustrate the nutrient cycle
Chapter 3
NOTE: Students should be able to explain and provide examples of the terms.
Terms:
Succession
Pioneer species
Climax community
Primary succession
Secondary succession Habitat loss
Introduced species
Endangered species
Biodiversity
Important Concepts:
1. Draw images to illustrate the changes occurring during primary and secondary succession
a. Bare rock to forest (primary)
b. Forest re-growth after fire (secondary)
2. What are some changes that occur during both types of succession?
3. Describe how humans have influenced the environment (4)
UNIT 2- Heat
Chapter 4
NOTE: Students should be able to explain and provide examples of the terms.
Terms:
Temperature Thermoscope
Thermometer
Fahrenheit
Kelvin
Thermocouple
Resistance Thermometer
Thermostat
Infrared Thermometer
Absolute zero
Celsius
Bimetallic strip
Important Concepts:
1. Predict and identify the temperature of various familiar objects:
a. Human body temperature
b. Boiling water
c. Freezing water
d. Comfortable room temperature
e. Refrigerator
f. Freezer
2. Describe how to work a thermoscope
3. Identify the temperature scales used in measurement.
a. Celsius
b. Fahrenheit
c. Kelvin
4. Calibration of thermometers
5. Describe the various instruments used to measure temperature:
a. Liquid-in glass thermometer
b. Thermocouple
c. Resistance thermometer
d. Bimetallic strip (thermostat)
e. Infrared thermometer
Chapter 5
NOTE: Students should be able to explain and provide examples of the terms.
Terms:
Matter
Particle Theory
Kinetic Energy
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Contraction
Melting
Freezing
Hyperthermia
Hypothermia
Temperature
Expansion
Evaporation
Condensation
Important Concepts:
1. Provide examples of matter
2. Relate kinetic energy to the movement of particles. Be able to identify which object has more
kinetic energy.
3. Describe the Particle Theory of Matter (PEDAS)
4. Use the particle theory of matter to explain expansion and contraction in the three states of
matter.
5. Explain changes of state using the particle theory of matter. Include:
a. Melting
b. Freezing
c. Evaporation
6. Lab- The Plateau Problem
 What happens to the temperature of matter as it is changing state? Why?
Chapter 6
NOTE: Students should be able to explain and provide examples of the terms.
Terms:
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Insulator
Heat
Temperature
Conductor
Important Concepts:
1. Examples of the different types of energy transfer
2. Examples of conductors and insulators
3. Temperature vs. Heat- What is the difference?
UNIT 3- Mixtures and Solutions
Chapter 7
Terms:
Mixture
Pure Substance
Homogeneous
Solution
Mechanical mixture
NOTE: Students should be able to explain and provide examples of the terms.
Heterogeneous
Important Concepts:
1. Categorize substances as mixtures or pure substances
2. Identify various examples of pure substances:
a. Distilled water
b. Sugar
c. Copper
d. Oxygen
e. Carbon dioxide
3. Identify mixtures that are found around your home:
a. Salad dressing
b. Chocolate chip cookie
c. Kool-aid
d. Concrete
e. Air
4. What will happen when you shine light through a homogeneous mixture?
5. What will happen when you shine light through a heterogeneous mixture?
6. What are mixtures of mixtures? Provide examples
Chapter 8
NOTE: Students should be able to explain and provide examples of the terms.
Terms:
Dissolving
Solute
Solvent
Solubility
Insoluble
Solution
Concentrated Dilute
Saturated
Unsaturated
Quantitative Qualitative
Soluble
Concentration
Important Concepts:
1. Identify that solutions can form between the three states of matter (worksheet)
2. Identify the solute and solvent in a given solution
3. What is the difference between a concentrated and dilute solution?
4. Describe solutions qualitatively and quantitatively
5. Express concentration in g/L -> This is the most common way to express concentration
6. How does temperature affect solubility? (Refer to lab)
a. Identify independent (manipulated) and dependent (responding) variable
7. Describe factors that affect solubility of a solid and gas:
a. Temperature
b. Pressure
8. How can you tell when a solution is saturated?
UNIT 4- Earth’s Crust
Chapter 10
Terms:
Mineral
Rock
Lustre
Cleavage
Igneous rock Magma
Lava
Intrusive rock
Sedimentary rock
Metamorphic rock
NOTE: Students should be able to explain and provide examples of the terms.
Fracture
Extrusive rock
Important Concepts:
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List and describe the properties of minerals
Identify obsidian, mica, magnetite, galena, pyrite, quartz
Examples of intrusive and extrusive igneous rock
Label diagram of the rock cycle
Which type of rock contains fossils?
Chapter 11
Terms:
Mantle
Crust
Inner core
Outer core
Alfred Wegener
Continental Drift Theory
Convergent plates
Transform plates
Volcano
Mountain
Precambrian Paleozoic
Cenozoic
NOTE: Students should be able to explain and provide examples of the terms.
Plate Tectonics
Divergent plates
Earthquakes
Mesozoic
Important Concepts:
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Label a model of Earth`s layered interior
Evidence supporting Wegener`s theory (4 points)
Technologies that provided evidence to support theory of Plate Tectonics
Identify the types of plate boundaries
The driving force behind plate tectonics- convection currents
Explain how mountains are formed using the theory of Plate Tectonics. Include:
a. Folding- draw picture to show convergent plates forming mountains
b. Faulting
c. Volcanic eruption