1. Warm-up 10/17/14 Write a sentence to combine the questions and answers.
Which ecoregion of Texas is most likely to be most affected by wind erosion?
A East Texas Piney Woods
B Blackland Prairies
C Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes 
D Rolling Plains
The state of Texas can be divided into geographically similar areas defined by climate and animal and plant species that stay relatively within the same area. These large geographical sections of land are called —
A counties
B substrates
C ecosystems
D ecoregions

2. Work that is due and needs to be completed today.
Ecoregions power point – I will send a file request at the end of class.
ALL vocab – printed list and all 3 picture vocab lists in Stemscopes (the third one is added today) Quiz has been moved to Tuesday.
Two Progress monitoring assessments in Stemscopes (7.8A, 7.8B – the second one was added today)
ALL retest work

3. NEW ASSIGNMENT
Color Ecoregions of Texas Map - Due Monday (turn in today if completed)
Use these colors for the map
Piney Woods – green Oak Woods & Prairies – purple
Blackland Prairies – black Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes - blue
Coastal Sand Plain – brown South Texas Brush Country - orange
Edwards Plateau – yellow Llano Uplift - red
Rolling Plains – brown High Plains - purple
Trans Pecos – red Marine Environment – blue

4. Closing Question
Yellow Ticket Out – Turn in on table in front