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|Lesson 1.6 |Planet Earth Video |Name |

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|Abiotic |Biotic | | |Biodiversity |

|Engage |

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|Explore |

|Answer the questions as you view the video. Answer the italicized questions after you have finished watching the video. |

|How much land worldwide do the tropical rainforests occupy? _______________ |

|What percentage of the worlds’ species lives in tropical rainforests? ___________________ |

|How do the different species of bird of paradise avoid competition? ______________________________________________ |

|What drives the evolution of male birds of paradise displays? ___________________________________________________ |

|What is at the top of the rainforest? ________________________________________ |

|The __________tree is often fought over as a food source, probably because they __________________ all year round. |

|The monkeys call from the treetops to tell the other neighboring monkeys to ___________________________. |

|Frogs ears are tuned only to hear the calls __________________________________________________. |

|Why can frogs lay eggs out of water in the tropical rain forest when they cannot anywhere else on earth? _______________ __________________ Why is this an |

|advantage? ___________________________________________________________ |

|On average, what is the annual rainfall in the tropical rain forest? ____________________ |

|Amazingly, in the Amazon half of all of the rainfall comes from___________________ produced by the _________________. |

|What do slime molds feed on? ____________________________________________________________ |

|What percent of the world’s insects live in the tropical rain forest? ___________ A single acre may hold ___________ ants. |

|Why do ants remove dying ants far away from the colony? _____________________________________________________ |

|He parasitic fungi keep any group of insects from becoming too powerful. The more ________________ the species the more __________________________ the attack. |

|The jungle is so competitive, ___________________ is the key to success. |

|Why do Elephants, Forest Buffalo, Red River Hogs, and Bongos come to the waterholes in the clearing of the tropical rain forest? |

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|Why do chimpanzees fight neighboring groups? _____________________________________________________________ |

|What is the significance of the answers to question number one and two in terms of biodiversity? _______________________ |

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|The death of a large forest tree is essential in the tropical rain forest. Discuss why this is true. __________________________ |

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|Discuss why you think a female tree frog is attracted to the loudest male tree frog call. Be clear as to why you think this might be an advantage. |

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|Why did the recycling of matter happen so quickly in the tropical rain forest? _______________________________________ |

|________________________________________________What living organism was critical in this process? _____________ |

|The relationship between the pitcher plant and the red crab spider is called mutualism. This means they both benefit from living together. Explain how they both |

|benefit. _______________________________________________________________ |

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|____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Give an example of another mutualistic relationship that you |

|might have seen (watched or in person) in nature. ____________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________|

|What is the most interesting thing you learned while watching this video?__________________________________________ |

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1) What do you think the black oblong thing is that the bird is looking at?

2) If you were taking a walk in the jungle what types of living (biotic) animals would you expect to see?

3) If you were taking a walk in the jungle what types of plants would you expect to see?

4) If you were taking a walk in the jungle what would you expect to see that was not living (abiotic)?

5) If you won an all expense paid trip to the jungle, would you go? Explain.

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