Unit 1: Interaction of Living ThingsPlus: Highest Tide

Bell WorkHighest Tide, Chapter 2

Directions: Copy the questions into your composition book and answer them from the text.

1. How did the people in the town first respond to the squid sighting?

2. What were the first actions of the professor with the squid?

3. Who arrived after the townspeople?

4. What was so special about finding a giant squid?

5. What does Miles mean by “Maybe the Earth is trying to tell us something?”

STAREArticle Questions 6-10

WHAT ON EARTH IS BIODIVERSITY: PART II

6. List ways in which biodiversity reduces poverty.

7. How is biodiversity important to areas like agriculture and forestry?

8. What is meant by “development?”

9. How is development related to biodiversity?

Why is it crucial for development and poverty programs to protect biodiversity?

Part I: Everything is Connected

Studying the Web of Life

One example of interaction between organisms is that they eat each other.

Work with your tablemate to:

List 10 other ways in which organisms interact.

Studying the Web of Life

Ecology is the study of the interactions of organisms with one another and with their environment

An environment is divided into two groups:

Biotic—all organisms interact with other organisms

Abiotic—organisms interact with nonliving parts of the environment

Studying the Web of Life

With your tablemate, make a T-chart listing all the biotic and abiotic interactions you can from the picture.

Organization in the Environment

Levels of the Environment

Level 1: Individual Organism

Level 2: Population: a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographic area

Level 3: Community: all the organisms of species that live in a habitat and interact with one another

Level 4: Ecosystem: a community of organisms and their abiotic environment

Level 5: Biosphere: the part of the earth where life exists

Lab Activity

1. Each lab group will receive an organism.

2. For this organism you are to choose and create an environment, such as swamp, forest, etc.

3. Within this environment you are to illustrate each level.

4. Title the environment.

5. Label each level.

6. Put your names on the poster

7. Hang your posters in the hallway.

Homework

Complete the worksheet given to you by your teacher.

Be sure to put your name on it.

DUE TOMORROW!

Everything Is Connected Video

10 Surprising Facts About Planet Earth

List the 10 surprising facts about planet Earth.