Biology - EC: BIO.B.4.1.2
Biology - EC: BIO.B.4.1.2
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- All of the living components of an ecosystem are known as the…
- All of the non-living components of an ecosystem are known as the…
- When a plant grows in a forest many factors can affect it’s survival such as the amount of water, air, soil, sunlight, other organisms that would eat it, bugs that would crawl on it’s leaves, competition with other plants for water. Which of these are biotic factors?
- When a plant grows in a forest many factors can affect it’s survival such as the amount of water, air, soil, sunlight, other organisms that would eat it, bugs that would crawl on it’s leaves, competition with other plants for water. Which of these are abiotic factors?
- A squirrel climbs up a tree in the rain. Identify the biotic and abiotic portions of this sentence.
- Give an example of an interaction between a biotic and abiotic component in a forest ecosystem.
- Identify 2 biotic and abiotic components of a fish tank.
- Identify 2 abiotic factors that would affect the life of a fish in a pond.
- Identify 2 biotic factors that would affect the life of a fish in a pond.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Biotic
- Abiotic
- Biotic factors: other organisms that would eat it, bugs that would crawl on it’s leaves, competition with other plants for water
- Abiotic Factors: amount of water, air, soil, sunlight
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
Squirrel and tree: biotic
Rain (water): abiotic
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- Tree roots pulling water from the soil.
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- Biotic: fish, snails, and plants
- Abiotic: water, light, oxygen
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- Dissolved oxygen in water
- The amount of water
- The temperature of water
- Sunlight
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- Competition for food
- Finding a mate
