You have a quiz today. The format may be new for many of you; this will be a google form document that requires you to log-in with your Creek account. This quiz is an 8 question multiple choice event based on our first two weeks together... it is drawn from our discussions, presentations and articles.
In class today, after your quiz, we will be discussing the nutrient and matter cycles that operate in each of the biomes. I would like you focus on a couple of key concepts as we move through the cycles.
- Please pay attention to the different forms that the elements take;
- Identify the mechanism (energy transfer) that causes the molecular change.
- Be sure to identify the specific organism (as appropriate).
- Be sure to identify the specific type of energy that is required
- this includes possibilities from multiple energy groups that we have discussed in class, including:
- potential (chemical, nuclear, mechanical & gravitational)
- kinetic (motion, sound, radiant, thermal & electrical)
- renewable energy sources
- non-renewable energy sources
- You will use the chrome books to review the following sites and create your own diagram/notes of the cycles.
- Penn State University School of Earth and Mineral Sciences: Carbon Cycle Feedbacks
- MIT Open CourseWare: Environmental Earth Science: The Water Cycle
- University of Minnesota: College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences: Phosphorus Cycle
- University of Minnesota: College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences: Nitrogen Cycle
Please remember to review your sustainability research question along with your peer reviewers comments. I would like to see (hard copy, Times New Roman, 12, double spaced) a revised rough draft on Tuesday. I hope that you all have a great weekend. If you have any questions, I will be checking in periodically from the "Ranch" and will post pictures next week of some sustainability/ecology interest!
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