Bottle+Biology

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 * ==<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">__**Vocabulary**__ ==

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Learn more about the Chesapeake Bay Bay Games

Check out a live view in the bay Live Cam

Get more information on the Chesapeake Bay Chesapeake Bay Program

Activities and games put out by The Chesapeake Bay Living Bay Online

Chesapeake Bay Gateway Network ||
 * ==__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Concepts ** __==

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> An ecosystem is a community of organisms and its interactions with its environment.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Organism can be categorized by the functions they serve in an <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> ecosystem: producers, consumers, or decomposers.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Organisms in an ecosystem have dependent and interdependent <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> relationships, which can be illustrated by a food web.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Factors that affect growth and reproduction of organisms in an <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> ecosystem include light, water, temperature, and soil.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Natural and human-made events can "disturb" an ecosystem.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Pollutants can affect the stability of an ecosystem; solutions <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> can be developed to minimize or alleviate the effects of pollutants.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Model ecosystems can be used to learn more about the complex <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> relationships that exist on earth. || ==__**<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Questions **__==

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What is the difference between organic and inorganic? List two examples of each and explain why you selected them.

What relationship exits between organic and inorganic things?

How do living things depend on each other?

Give an example of a relationship that exist between two organisms in an ecosystem. Explain using details to support your response.

Why are plants called producers?

What is the difference between a stable ecosystem and a disturbed ecosystem?

How do humans damage the environment?

How might an individual's perspective affect their feelings on a proposed solution?

Why is it important that groups "trade-off" in order to find solutions?

How does our unit on Bottle Biology relate to our DEER field trip to Camp Kenbrook? ||

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List two things you could do to improve the quality of the water in the Chesapeake Bay. Be sure to include specific examples and details to support your response.

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Explain how taking oysters out of the Chesapeake has impacted the quality of the water in the Chesapeake Bay.

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1. How do we use the Chesapeake Bay?

2. What are some of the causes of the pollution problem that exists in the bay today?

3. How does Pennsylvania contribute to the bay's pollution problem?

4. Explain how fertilizer affects the bay.

5. What "trade-offs" exist in the fight to save the bay?

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Explain how the Chesapeake Bay is an example of system.

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What can we do here in Dauphin County to help the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem?

Look at the pictures and use them to answer the questions below.


The picture on the left is from a NASA satellite during the "Blizzard" of 2010. Compare it to the picture on the right, which was taken during the month of May.

1. How do you think the snow will affect the bay?

2. What can we do in Pennsylvania to minimize the impact that snow removal has on the water quality of bay?