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Bellwork

Week 25-Life Science

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Root Word of the Week

ex-

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“outside”

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as in “exoskeleton” and “exterior”

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Science Trivia

GENERAL SCIENCE - A sea lamprey latches onto a rainbow trout and feeds from the fish. As a result, the fish dies but the sea lamprey lives. Of what type of relationship is this an example?

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Science Trivia-Answer

GENERAL SCIENCE - A sea lamprey latches onto a rainbow trout and feeds from the fish. As a result, the fish dies but the sea lamprey lives. Of what type of relationship is this an example?

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PARASITISM

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Read a Graph

  • What is this

graph about?

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  • What does the specific data show?

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Create-a-Graph

Use the data on the board to create a graph.

Remember, it must:

  • start at 0
  • have a title
  • have x & y axes labels
  • have an evenly spaced scale

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Bonus Questions

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Science Trivia

LIFE SCIENCE - Rabbits eat grass and foxes eat rabbits. What role do foxes play in the food chain?

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  1. Primary producer
  2. Primary consumer
  3. Secondary consumer
  4. Tertiary consumer

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Science Trivia-Answer

LIFE SCIENCE - Rabbits eat grass and foxes eat rabbits. What role do foxes play in the food chain?

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  • Primary producer
  • Primary consumer
  • Secondary consumer
  • Tertiary consumer

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Science Trivia

LIFE SCIENCE - Sea stars, velvet worms and northern shrike birds – all three are examples of:

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  1. Omnivores
  2. Detritivores
  3. Scavengers
  4. Predators

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Science Trivia-Answer

LIFE SCIENCE - Sea stars, velvet worms and northern shrike birds – all three are examples of:

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  • Omnivores
  • Detritivores
  • Scavengers
  • Predators

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Science Trivia

LIFE SCIENCE - In a given ecosystem, there are 1 million kilojoules (kJ) of energy contained in the primary producer biomass.

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How much energy is available, in kJ to secondary consumers if primary consumers are 10% efficient at converting energy to biomass?

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Science Trivia-Answer

LIFE SCIENCE - In a given ecosystem, there are 1 million kilojoules (kJ) of energy contained in the primary producer biomass.

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How much energy is available, in kJ to secondary consumers if primary consumers are 10% efficient at converting energy to biomass?

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10,000 kJ

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Science Trivia

GENERAL SCIENCE - What is the most abundant element in air?

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Science Trivia-Answer

GENERAL SCIENCE - What is the most abundant element in air?

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NITROGEN

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Science Trivia

GENERAL SCIENCE - Most organisms need nitrogen to create important compounds like amino acids and proteins, but cannot directly access nitrogen from the atmosphere. What is the name of the process that makes atmospheric nitrogen accessible to

individuals in the food web?

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Science Trivia-Answer

GENERAL SCIENCE - Most organisms need nitrogen to create important compounds like amino acids and proteins, but cannot directly access nitrogen from the atmosphere. What is the name of the process that makes atmospheric nitrogen accessible to

individuals in the food web?

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NITROGEN FIXATION

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Science Trivia

GENERAL SCIENCE - A father is colorblind, but his wife is not colorblind and is not a carrier of the gene for colorblindness. If the couple has a son, will he be colorblind?

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  1. Yes, because colorblindness is always passed from father to son
  2. No, because the mother is neither colorblind nor a carrier of colorblindness
  3. There is a 50% chance because colorblindness is autosomal dominant
  4. Yes, because the gene for colorblindness is located on the Y chromosome

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Science Trivia-Answer

GENERAL SCIENCE - A father is colorblind, but his wife is not colorblind and is not a carrier of the gene for colorblindness. If the couple has a son, will he be colorblind?

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  • Yes, because colorblindness is always passed from father to son
  • No, because the mother is neither colorblind nor a carrier of colorblindness
  • There is a 50% chance because colorblindness is autosomal dominant
  • Yes, because the gene for colorblindness is located on the Y chromosome

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Science Trivia

LIFE SCIENCE - What is the most abundant molecule in a human cell?

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Science Trivia-Answer

LIFE SCIENCE - What is the most abundant molecule in a human cell?

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WATER

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Science Trivia

LIFE SCIENCE - What are animals that eat other animals known as?

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Science Trivia

LIFE SCIENCE - What are animals that eat other animals known as?

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CARNIVORES

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Science Trivia

GENERAL SCIENCE - What inorganic nutrient, often found in detergent, is implicated in algal blooms?

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Science Trivia-Answer

GENERAL SCIENCE - What inorganic nutrient, often found in detergent, is implicated in algal blooms?

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PHOSPHORUS