First Stage of Photosynthesis The first stage of

First Stage of Photosynthesis The first stage of photosynthesis powers the “energy engine” of the living world.

Photosynthesis What is the process of photosynthesis?

Producing Food The second stage of photosynthesis makes food for a plant. How can the information for Stage 1 and Stage 2 be completed?

What Happened Here? While you were hiking, some hungry animals turned your campsite upside down.

What Happened Here? Can you determine the order in which the organisms visited the campsite?

Food Web A food web consists of many interconnected food chains.

Energy Pyramids Suppose that the producers at the base of an energy pyramid contain 330, 000 kilocalories. How much energy would be available at each level of the pyramid?

Water Cycle What are three processes of the water cycle?

Carbon and Oxygen Cycles Producers, consumers, and decomposers all play a role in recycling carbon and oxygen.

Nitrogen Cycle In the nitrogen cycle, free nitrogen from the air is fixed into compounds. Consumers can then use these nitrogen compounds to carry out their life processes.

In the frames below, describe a comic strip or describe a situation that shows the order of events in the carbon cycle.

Cycles of Matter How does this picture show the water cycle, oxygen cycle, nitrogen cycle, and food chain?

Desert Organisms must be adapted to little or no rain and to extreme temperatures to be able to live in the desert.

How would you fill in the Venn Diagram with what you know about temperate and tropical rain forests?

Rain-Forest Biomes Rain forests are forests in which large amounts of rain fall year-round. Very little sunlight reaches the ground.

Tropical Rain Forests What are the four distinct layers of the tropical rain forest?

Grassland Biomes On the world map, identify the continents which the Rhea, Cassowary, and Ostrich inhabit.

Deciduous Forest Biomes Most of the trees in a deciduous forest have leaves that change color and drop to the forest floor each autumn.

Boreal Forest Biomes Tree species in the boreal forest are well adapted to the cold climate. Because the water is frozen for much of the year, coniferous trees have thick, waxy needles to prevent water loss.

Tundra Biomes Although the ground is frozen for most of the year, mosses, grasses, and dwarf willow trees grow here.

Mountains are not part of any major biome.

Biome Climates An ecologist collected climate data from two locations. The graph shows the monthly average temperatures in the two locations. The total yearly precipitation in Location A is 250 centimeters. In Location B, the total yearly precipitation is 14 centimeters.

Earth Biomes Name the biomes outlined on the map. In which biome do you live?