test coming up on november 15

We have finished chapter 2 and started chapter 3.  We did a practice test based on provincial questions. You will get a test on the biology unit on November 15.  these resources may be useful to you:

This is your checklist of studying:

BC provincial exam study guide for biology unit. 

This is your most useful resource showing practice questions.  

diagram

Biome notes (teaching notes)

Ecological pyramids

nutrient cycle notes, section 2.2

there were also notes on carbon cycle, ecological succession and a handout on evolutiony

and your practice test ought to tell you where you need to study the most.

The test will be very similar to the practice test but will include more questions from chapter 2 and 3.  it would be provincial exam style questions again.  all multiple choice.

Nutrient Cycles Notes

Today, we will review nutrient cycle notes, section 2.2

Section 2.1, Energy in Ecosystems

Summary: Today we studied

•  the 4 trophic levels in an ecosystem:  the producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer
• the different kinds of consumers in an ecosystem, including: herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, detrivore, decomposer.  
• a food pyramid of biomass, and explored how abiotic factors may change the pyramid shape.

Homework: Read the text 2.1 and

• make a list of vocabulary words (in bold) and their meanings.  
• Do practice questions from section 2.1 in the   BC provincial exam study guide for biology unit.  do the fill in the blanks and the multiple choice questions.  The answer key is at the end of the document so check your work.  

Summary of our Carbon lesson

This is a summary of our notes today (below).  You can see that glucose production and consumption are driving forces for many of our adaptations.  You eat, breathe, and get rid of waste to serve some basic biochemistry going on inside your cells.

CARBON IN AN ECOSYTEM

CARBON HAS 3 IMPORTANT ROLES IN AN ECOSYSTEM

1.     CARBON IS A BUILDING BLOCK for all life

2.    CARBON IS USED AS FUEL FOR ENERGY

3.    CARBON IS RECYCLED WITHIN THE ECOSYSTEM AND ON EARTH

quiz october 2

QUIZ ON SECTION 1.1 BIOMES AND 1.2 ECOSYSTEMS

3 QUESTIONS the textbook Check Your Understanding 1.1 AND 1.2

4 QUESTIONS from the  BC provincial exam study guide for biology unit sections 1.1 and 1.2

3 QUESTIONS ON Camosun Bog

5 questions from the key words and concepts from the diagram I gave out (ecosystems).  

Homework:

1.  review your biome notes.  and diagram

2.  from your text:  do all the section 1.2 questions.  I'll have an answer key for you next day

3.  from your BC provincial exam study guide for biology unit, do the 2.1 section on a SEPERATE SHEET. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DOWNLOAD THIS STUDY GUIDE.  This will give you practice in provincial exam style questions

4.  YOU DO NEED TO DOWNLOAD THIS CONSENT FORM AND BRING IT TO CLASS NEXT DAY.  If I do not have your parent or guardian consent, you will stay behind on friday.  Note that I'm not in the school on a day1.  

On another note, have  a look at this Northern Flicker: I saw two this morning on school grounds.  look around for it!  It sounds like this:  http://www.birdjam.com/birdsong.php?id=8 I heard the "week, week" sound...

http://www.utahbirds.org/birdsofutah/ProfilesL-R/NorthernFlicker.htm

Welcome to Trek Science - log into nicenet

Welcome to Prince of Wales Secondary and congratulations for your acceptance into the Trek Outdoor Education program.  I will be one of your science teachers this term.  In my class,  we will study the following topics:  biology, geology and radiation.  We will learn using discussion, class activity, labs and field studies.  There will be two museum visits to enrich our learning experience.

We will be using the nicenet internet classroom assistant to send and receive messages and to view documents.  This trek science blog will be used for all homework notifications.  

Please go to the nicenet website.

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Sign up with your first and last name and enter this class key:  S337036B55