Marvelous Monday

The study guide for the science test came home today.  In case you need it, here you go:

Science Test Study Guide

Ecosystems

Test Date: Friday, October 19, 2012

You should be able to:

·        Define the following terms: living, nonliving, once living, habitat, population, ecosystem, community, producer, consumer, decomposer, scavenger, food chain, food web, niche, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, climate, environment, conservation

·        Describe the following ideas:

o   How a food chain works / how animals get energy

o   Slow and rapid changes to an ecosystem and their effects

o   How humans impact ecosystems

o   Relationship between producers, consumers, decomposers

o   Relationship between predators, prey, and scavengers

o   Examples of producers, consumers, decomposers

o   Characteristics of some habitats (i.e. describe a tundra’s climate & what animals/plants live there)

Reread chapters 3 and 4 in your science book to help. Happy Studying!

Here's tonight's homework:

• Reading: Log
• Spelling: study words
• Math: Mrs. Ingram's group has to finish a worksheet (rounding multiplication)
• SS: States/Capitals of Southeast Test on Wednesday
• Science: Ecosystems Test Friday