1. Learning Target Questions First Semester - 2016 & 2017
Biology II
Learning Target Questions
First Semester & 2017

2. Daily Learning Target Questions (LTQ’s) Procedures: 1
Daily Learning Target Questions (LTQ’s) Procedures: 1. Write the proper heading and title on your own paper. 2. Write the date to the left of the red line on your paper. 3. Write the number to the right of the red line on your paper. 4. Write the question, then answer in a complete sentence. 5. Skip a line before beginning the next question.

3. Date
Number
Question
R – 9/7
W – 9/ (9/12) 1.
What is Ecology?
R - 9/9
W – 9/12 2.
Explain the terms abiotic and biotic; give examples of each.

4. Date
Number
Question
R - 9/9
W – 9/12 2.
Explain the terms abiotic and biotic; give examples of each.
R - 9/13
W – 9/14 3.
How do different organisms get the energy they need to survive?
R - 9/15
W – 9/16 4.
How do decomposers and detritivores benefit the environment. Give examples.

5. Date
Number
Question
R - 9/19
W – 9/20 5.
How does energy move through an ecosystem?
R – 9/21
W – 9/22 6.
List the three types of ecological pyramids. What do the three types of ecological pyramids illustrate?
R – 9/23
W – 9/26 7.
Why is the cycling of matter important to life on Earth?

6. Date
Number
Question
R – 9/23
W – 9/26 7.
Why is the cycling of matter important to life on Earth? [Turn in LTQ’s}
R – 9/27
W – 9/28 1.
Compare and contrast the three major environmental cycles.
[Start a new page]
R – 9/29
W – 9/30 2.
What is the greenhouse effect?

7. Date
Number
Question
R – 10/3
W – 10/4 3.
Explain how a nutrient can be a limiting factor in an ecosystem.
R /5
W – 10/6 4.
What factors affect global climate?
R /7
W – 10/11 5.
How do organisms interact with one another?

8. Date
Number
Question
R /7
W – 10/11 5.
How do organisms interact with one another?
R – 10/12
W – 10/13 6.
What affect does isolation have on a population?
Be specific.
R /14
W - 10/17 7.
What is succession?

9. Compare and contrast primary and secondary succession.
Date
Number
Question
R /14
W - 10/17 7.
What is succession?
R /18
W – 10/19 8.
Compare and contrast primary and secondary succession.
[Turn in LTQ’s 1-8]
R /20
W – 10/21
No question for today.

10. What is a biome? Give several examples.
Date
Number
Question
R – 10/24
W – 10/25 1.
What is a biome? Give several examples.
R – 10/26
W – 10/27 2.
What did you find the most interesting about this unit? Give specific examples.
R /28
W – 10/31 3.
What factors affect population growth?

11. What is natural selection?
Date
Number
Question
R – 11/1
W – 11/2 4.
Who is Charles Darwin?
R /3
W - 11/4 5.
What is evolution?
R /7
W /8 6.
What is natural selection?