1. Project # __: Animal Behavior Vocabulary Due: __________ Directions: Tape this directions page and the vocabulary list in in your Lab Journal. Use the directions below as a rubric to complete your project: ____ 1 pt. /wordCopy the words on your project pages. ____ 1 pt./ word Copy the definitions on your project pages. ____ 1 pt./ wordCreate a drawing to illustrate the word. ____ 1 pt. / wordColor the drawing. ____ 1 pt. / wordUse the word in a sentence. 5 points total/ word = 100 points for the total project. There will be a vocabulary test over these words after the project is due! 1.biome = large geographic areas with similar climates. 2.abiotic factor = nonliving environment. 3.biotic factor = living or once living environment 4.population = all the individuals of one species that live in the same area at the same time and compete with one another 5.community = = consists of groups of populations that interact with each other in a given area and depend on each other for food, shelter, and for other needs 6. Ecosystems=consists of biotic community, and the abiotic 7. Population density= size of population that occupies a specific area 8. Carrying capacity= largest number of individuals an environment can support and maintain over a long period of time 9. symbiosis= any close relationship between two or more different species 10. niche= role of an organism in the ecosystem including what it eats, how it interacts with other organisms, and how it gets its food 11. ecological pyramid= model used to describe the transfer of energy from the producers of an ecosystems through successive levels of organisms in the food chain 12. ecological succession= process of gradual change from one community of organisms to another. 13. latitude= specifies the north-south position of a point on the Earth's surface 14. tundra= cold, dry, treeless biome located at latitudes surrounding the North Pole and that has winters 6-9 months long 15. taiga = cold region of cone-bearing evergreen trees that lies just below the tundra and is the world’s largest terrestrial biome 16. temperate deciduous forest 17. Tropical rain forest 18. grassland 19. desert 20. estuary

2. Project # ___: Geologic Time Scale VocabularyName __________________________ Core 1 2 3 4 Score ____/ 100 Word = DefinitionIllustrationWord used in a sentence. 1. biome= large geographic areas with similar climates and ecosystems. 2. Abiotic factor= nonliving environment 3. Biotic factor= living or once living enviornment 4. Population= all the individuals of one species that live in the same area at the same time and compete with one another for 5. Community= consists of groups of populations that interact with each other in a given area and depend on each other for food, shelter, and for other needs

3. Word = DefinitionIllustrationWord used in a sentence. 6. Ecosystems=consists of biotic community, and the abiotic 7. Population density= size of population that occupies a specific area 8. Carrying capacity= largest number of individuals an environment can support and maintain over a long period of time 9. symbiosis= any close relationship between two or more different species 10. niche= role of an organism in the ecosystem including what it eats, how it interacts with other organisms, and how it gets its food

4. Word = DefinitionIllustrationWord used in a sentence. 11. Ecological pyramid= model used to describe the transfer of energy from the producers of an ecosystems through successive levels of organisms in the food chain 12. Ecological succession= process of gradual change from one community of organisms to another 13. Latitude= specifies the north-south position of a point on the Earth's surface. 14. Tundra= cold, dry, treeless biome located at latitudes surrounding the North Pole and that has winters 6-9 months long 15. Taiga

5. Word = DefinitionIllustrationWord used in a sentence. 16. temperate deciduous forest 17. Tropical rain forest 18. grassland 19. desert 20. estuary

6. Project # ___: Animal Behavior VocabularyName __________________________ Core 1 2 3 4 Score ____/ 100 Word = DefinitionIllustrationWord used in a sentence.

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