Assessment
Use a quick quiz the following day to test vocabulary retention. For example:
Match the example to the correct word. Write the letter of the correct word in the blank beside the example.
a) ecosystem
b) community
c) biome
d) individual
e) population
f) biosphere
____ Rosie the rattlesnake
____ rattlesnakes, mice, small birds, crickets, grass, hawks, cacti, and tumbleweed
____ the entire planet Earth
____ the community, the water, the air, the rocks, the soil, and the mountains
____ a desert
____ all the rattlesnakes in the area
Going Further
- Return to the Field Guide produced from the Food Web activity to discuss and further investigate the community, ecosystem and biome represented by the organisms in the field guide.
- Research the Biosphere 2 project in which 5 biomes are replicated in an airtight facility in Arizona. Why was this center built? What scientific questions can be discovered? How is Biosphere 2 similar to Biosphere 1 (the real planet Earth)? How is it different?
