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Name _________________________________________Hour ___________ ECOLOGY What makes a world habitable? What are the 5 factors that make a planet habitable? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1 Is there life on other worlds? Could these plants or moons support life? Why or why not? Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Io Europa Ganymede Enceladus Saturn Titan Uranus Neptune Pluto How many places in our solar system currently support life (that we know of)? ________________ From the chart above, which planets or moons could potentially support life and why? What is the main reason that most planets cannot support life? ___________________________________ What planet has evidence that life there once existed? _____________________________ Could humans inhabit another world in our solar system? If so, what accommodations would they need to survive? 2 How is Earth unique? Atmosphere: Lithosphere: Hydrosphere: Biosphere: Searching for Life in our Universe Astrobiology: Examples: Exobiology: What are we currently doing to search for life on other worlds? 1. 2. 3. 4. What means do we now have to communicate with intelligent life in the universe? _________________ 3 4 5 What are the 6 things that define life on Earth? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Find two examples from magazines or off the internet and cut and paste them onto this page. Try and find things that are not related, like plants and animals. Alive Dead Never Alive (Example: Plastic, Metal) Made From something that was once alive (Example: Leather, wool) 6 Abiotic Factors Biotic Factors Air: Organic: Water: Living: Soil: Sunlight: Temperature: Dead: Climate: Your family just got a new dog as a pet. This dog is kept outside in your backyard. List 5 abiotic and 5 biotic factors that will affect your new dog and how they might be helpful or harmful. Abiotic: Biotic: 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5. 7 Ecology Ecology: Interdependence: Levels of organization 1. Individual: a. Species: b. Habitat: c. Niche: 2. Population: 3. Community: 4. Ecosystem: 5. Biome: 6. Biosphere: 8 Review of terms from last year Food chain: Food web: Autotrophs: Heterotrophs: Producer: Consumer: Decomposer: Herbivore: Example: Carnivore: Example: Omnivore: Example: Relationships 9 Symbiosis: Type of interaction Species A Species B Examples Competition: Predation: Parasitism: Mutualism: Commensalism: Animal Adaptations 1. 6. 2. 7. 3. 8. 4. 9. 5. 10. Biodiversity Biodiversity: Species Diversity: Extinction: List 6 extinct species 1. 4. 2. 5. 3. 6. Endangered Species: 10 List 10 Endangered Species 1. 4. 7. 2. 5. 8. 3. 6. 9. 10. Reasons for recent endangerment/extinctions: Endemic Species: Examples: Invasive Species: Examples: Keystone Species: Example: Mass Extinction: List the 5 mass extinctions, their causes and life that was affected: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 11 20 slides Slides should include 2 slides Pictures of the biome 1 slide Where you biome is in the world 1 slide 3 distinctive characteristics of the biome that set it apart from other biomes 1 slide Temperature in the biome presented to the class in a PowerPoint presentation. 1 slide Climate diagram The presentation must be at least 10 minutes long 1 slide Precipitation and must include participation in some way by 1 slide Soil type(s) found in the biome every member of the group. 3 slide Plants found in the biome 1 slide Plant adaptations to the biome 5 slide Animals found in the biome 1 slide Animal adaptations to the biome 1 slide Human adaptations to living in the biome 1 slide 3 other interesting facts about the biome Biomes Group Report You will be assigned a group and a biome to study and report on. In your group you will research your given biome and give a presentation that includes the following information. The information will be My biome is ______________________________________ Biome notes from class presentations: Ice Caps Name a plant found there: Where is the biome found? Characteristics: Name 3 animals that live there: Average Temp: Draw the climate diagram: List 2 other facts you learned about the biome. Average Precipitation: 12 Tundra Taiga Where is the biome found? Where is the biome found? Characteristics: Characteristics: Average Temp: Average Temp: Draw the climate diagram: Draw the climate diagram: Average Precipitation: Average Precipitation: Name a plant found there: Name a plant found there: Name 3 animals that live there: Name 3 animals that live there: List 2 other facts you learned about the biome. List 2 other facts you learned about the biome. Coral Reef Rain Forest Where is the biome found? Where is the biome found? Characteristics: Characteristics: Average Temp: Average Temp: Draw the climate diagram: Draw the climate diagram: Average Precipitation: Average Precipitation: Name a plant found there: Name a plant found there: Name 3 animals that live there: Name 3 animals that live there: List 2 other facts you learned about the biome. List 2 other facts you learned about the biome. 13 Deciduous Forest Grassland/Savannah Where is the biome found? Where is the biome found? Characteristics: Characteristics: Average Temp: Average Temp: Draw the climate diagram: Draw the climate diagram: Average Precipitation: Average Precipitation: Name a plant found there: Name a plant found there: Name 3 animals that live there: Name 3 animals that live there: List 2 other facts you learned about the biome. List 2 other facts you learned about the biome. Desert Wetlands Where is the biome found? Where is the biome found? Characteristics: Characteristics: Average Temp: Average Temp: Draw the climate diagram: Draw the climate diagram: Average Precipitation: Average Precipitation: Name a plant found there: Name a plant found there: Name 3 animals that live there: Name 3 animals that live there: List 2 other facts you learned about the biome. List 2 other facts you learned about the biome. 14 Biome Map of North America Color the map according to the clues listed below. You may need to look at a map of North America if you get stuck. Place a check mark in the box once you have completed that step. 1. The dotted lines represent the border between the U.S. and Mexico and Canada. All other lines show biome borders. Color the U.S. borders (dotted line) red. 2. Northern Canada and Alaska are tundra - color the tundra light blue 3. Most of Canada is deciduous forest. Color the deciduous forest dark green. 4. The west coast of the U.S. is mainly temperate forest where California is. The east coast, all the way to the center of the country is also temperate forest. Color the Temperate forest light green. 5. The Midwest (middle of the country) is temperate grassland. Color the grassland yellow. 6. The eastern edge of Mexico and Central America, Hawaii, and the Caribbean Islands are all tropical rain forests. Color those purple. 7. There is a northwest coniferous forest located in the far corner of the U.S (northwest). Color the northwest coniferous forest brown. 8. The great lakes and the lakes in Canada are fresh water. Find each freshwater lake and color it pink. 9. The bodies of water surrounding the continent are salt water. Color the coastal areas dark blue. 10. The western region of the U.S. as well as Northern Mexico is desert. Color the desert orange. 11. The western edge of Mexico is temperate forest. Color it the same color as you did the other temperate forests. 12. Color code the squares at the bottom to match your biome colors. 13. Label the countries: U.S.A., Canada, Mexico Questions: 1. Name the 2 main biomes of the United States (land only). 2. What two biomes are the closest to where you live? Place an X on the map to show your approximate location. 3. What U.S. state could a person visit to see a tropical rain forest? 4. What U.S. state could a person visit to see a temperate forest? 5. Point out Alaska by drawing an arrow to it. What biome is found in Alaska? 6. If you traveled due north of your current location, what biomes would you pass through in order? 7. A person is driving from Los Angeles, California to Washington D.C. Name the biome the person will pass through in order. 8. A person is driving from Alaska to Mexico, staying close to the western coastline. Name the biomes the person will pass through in order. 15 16