Monday Exit
The following equation is for which chemical process?
Monday Exit
The following equation is for which chemical process?
Notes for preface:
No longer including taxonomy/kingdoms, succession, or C/N cycles in this unit
The new numbering for TEKS in this unit are:
13A) Symbiosis - Readiness
13B) Energy - Readiness
13D) Human impacts on biodiversity - Readiness (old 12.D Supporting)
11A) PS/CR - Supporting
For this reason, I did not pull any portions of the assessment that do not align to the new standards (ex: we had succession and symbiosis in the same quiz - I did not pull over the succession portion of the assessment for this bank)
Sequence of lessons:
Last year we did PS/CR in Unit 3 --> 9.1 was energy --> 9.2 Succession/Symbiosis (human impact was not included)
This year we jotted down an idea on the roadmap. Can we revisit this once we finish building the assessments?
Gradebook:
Last year we only had quizzes for these TEKS, no unit assessment. For this year, I suggest we do the same and keep this unit with separate quiz grades by readiness standard.
So long as we have 2 test grades coming from symposium week, we will meet the 3 test minimum (unit 7 trest + 2 symposium test grades? Or we can discuss taking their STAAR Bootcamp exit ticket average for a test grade?)
Exit/Practice/Review Monday
Match the term to the correct process:
Occurs in the chloroplast
Occurs in the mitochondria
Purpose: to create glucose from sunlight
Purpose: to use food to create ATP/energy
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Tuesday
Which diagram correctly shows cellular respiration?
(create new questions to include phrasing: chemical/thermal energy - stored as carbon compunds, released as chemical compounds)
Review (update before)
Unit test review
Complete the sentence by selecting the correct answers from the drop-down menus.
energy is needed for photosynthesis and energy/glucose is needed for cellular respiration.
Thursday quiz review
Which statement is an example of how carbon dioxide and oxygen are involved in photosynthesis and cellular respiration?
Monday Exit
The following equation is for which chemical process?
Monday Exit
The following equation is for which chemical process?
Climate change (Global Warming), is primarily a problem of having too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Burning coal, gasoline, and oil releases carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere.
Which process removes carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere?
*Same as 2022 Q45 - only difference is it is a hotspot and not multiple choice list
The diagram shows molecules that a mitochondrion uses and produces during a cellular process.
Which other molecule is a product of this process?
11A 2024 Q22
CHANGE FOR QUIZ
Which diagram correctly shows Photosynthesis?
(create new questions to include phrasing: chemical/thermal energy - stored as carbon compunds, released as chemical compounds)
Update and use for quiz
11A 2023 Q2
11A 2021 Q9
11A 2019 Q45
Day 1 exit?
The letters below represent organisms in a food chain.
Based on the food chain above, match the letter to the correct classification of the role of the organism in the food chain.
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
K | arrow_right_alt | Tertiary Consumer |
O | arrow_right_alt | Secondary Consumer |
D | arrow_right_alt | Primary Consumer |
U | arrow_right_alt | Producer |
Day 1 exit?
Based on the food chain below, which organism (letter) would receive the most energy from the producers?
QUIZ
A food chain is shown.
Which model best represents the amount of energy available for the use of each trophic level represented in the food chain?
Can use concept for an exit ticket? - what happens to fish (carp) when heron (bird) is removed?
The table lists some organisms found in a swamp ecosystem and their sources of energy.
When constructing an energy pyramid of the swamp ecosystem, which organism would be placed at the top of the pyramid?
Day 1 exit
A partial food web is shown below.
Based on this food web, select the organisms that are producers. Select TWO correct answers.
Quiz
The diagram shows a partial East Texas food web.
Which table correctly classifies these organisms?
Review for quiz (focus for alignment to energy/biomass pyramid)
The flow of energy in a grassland ecosystem is show.
Based on the diagram, which two populations best represent trophic levels that receive the LEAST amount of total energy from the grass?
Exit ticket?
Follow up question: if sea turtle removed,, what impact on alligator
Based on this food web, which organism occupies multiple trophic levels?
A partial Texas food web is shown.
The populations of which organisms will most likely increase as a result of a disease that suddenly reduced the population of Texas horned lizards?
Oil spills in the ocean affect marine food webs. Animals that are initially affected by oil spills include sea otters, seabirds, and other organisms that spend most of their time on the ocean surface.
Based on the food web, how would a significant decrease in the sea otter population due to an oil spill most likely affect this ecosystem?
13B - 2023 Q23 Writing
Exit ticket
Chimpanzee males are very aggressive toward males from outside of their own troop that get close to their females or food. Groups of males may patrol the boundaries of their territory looking for lone males and attack them.
Exit ticket
A hungry grizzly bear sits by the river and waits for a salmon fish to swim by and then attacks it and eats it.
Quiz
Trichonympha are mutualistic microorganisms found in the gut of termites. Which statement BEST explains the relationship between Trichonympha and termites?
QUIZ
2023 Q30
Spores of the fungus Ustilago maydis land and grow on sweet corn. The fungus then infects the plant tissue, extracting nutrients from the plant's cells.
The relationship between sweet corn and Ustilago maydis can best be described as
In some coral reefs, a symbiotic relationship exists between pygmy seahorses and sea fans. The pygmy seahorse can wrap its tail around the branches of the sea fan. This allows the pygmy seahorse to be camouflaged within the sea fan, protecting it from predators. The pygmy seahorse does not harm or benefit the sea fan while it grasps the branches with its tail.
What is the correct classification of this symbiotic relationship?
Test review warm up (add second portion for how do you know)
Four common relationships between organisms are listed below. Use the descriptions to classify each relationship. Choose the correct answer from the drop-down menus to complete the statement. Some answers will be used once, more than once, or not at all.
Relationship 1: Bees pollinate plants as they move from flower to flower gathering nectar. This is an example of .
Relationship 2: Green algae grow on the backs of spider crabs living in shallow water, camouflaging the spider crabs while the crabs protect the algae from predators. This is an example of .
Relationship 3: Fleas live on the skin of dogs and obtain nutrients from the dogs' blood. This is an example of .
Relationship 4: Nitrogen-fixing bacteria obtain nutrients from their host plants and use the nutrients to supply nitrogen to the plants. This is an example of .
Researchers have observed striped hyenas and gray wolves hunting together in certain areas. One hypothesis suggests that changing hunting behavior aids both species in obtaining better and more resources.
In this hypothesis, the hyenas benefit because the wolves chase and take down large animals, such as goats, that the hyenas usually cannot catch alone. The wolves benefit from hyenas using their jaw strength to crack open large bones of prey to access additional nutrients from bone marrow.
Which table best identifies the ecological relationship among the gray wolf, hyena, and goats?
Leaf-cutter ants harvest leaves and carry them to fungi that convert plant material into a usable form for the ants to digest. the fugi depend on the leaves for nutrients. The ants also produce an antibiotic on their bodies that helps protect the fungi from harmful bacteria.
Which of these explains the relationship between the leaf-cutter ants and the fungi?
The ocean sunfish (Mola mola) is a large, flat fish that spends most of its time in deep water feeding mainly on jellyfish. Sunfish often have many species of copepods, small crustaceans, that bury their heads into the soft tissue of the sunfish. Sunfish will swim to the surface of the water and lie sideways, allowing seabirds to eat the copepods from their skin.
Which list describes the types of relationships the sunfish has with other marine organisms?
13A 2024 Q26 writing
For correct answer says see scoring guideline (haven't checked this yet - pulling questions)
13A 2024 Q38
13A - 2021 Q21
13A - 2019 Q32
13D 2024 Q14 - 2 part question
13D 2024 Q40
13D 2023 Q8
13D 2022 Q46
13D 2021 Q10
13D 2021 Q28
13D 2019 Q11
