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Success Criteria - Chap 12.pdfAdaptations:
Adaptations:
- HighSchoolScience101
Think: Compare structural adaptations VS behavioural adaptations
Challenge: Look around you... Identify as many structural + behavioural adaptations as you can of commonly seen organisms!
Singapore's Mangrove Forests
Singapore's Mangrove Forests
- NParksSG
Think: How would you describe the physical factors of this environment?
(air, water, temperature, light, minerals, pH)
Challenge: What type of structural + behavioural adaptations would organisms need in order to grow well?
Types of Inter-Relationships:
Types of Inter-Relationships:
- Nat Geo WILD
Predator-Prey
How are prey adapted to evade capture?
How are predators adapted to hunt and kill?
- Nat Geo WILD
Mutualism
How do the clownfish and sea anemone mutually benefit from one another?
Can you think of other examples?
- Nat Geo WILD
Parasitism
What is a parasite and what does it do to the host organism?
Can you think of other examples?
Flow of Nutrients:
Flow of Nutrients:
- Dr. Elaine Ingham
Think:
How does dead matter turn into nutrients?
How do plants exchange the sugars they make for other nutrients (calcium, potassium, magnesium) that they need?
Would you describe the 'flow of nutrients' as cyclical or non-cyclical?
Diagram showing how the flow of nutrients (e.g. carbon) is cyclical:
- Imgur
Flow of Energy:
Flow of Energy:
- MooMooMath and Science
Think:
How many percent of energy is transferred from one trophic level to another trophic level? (e.g. from producer to primary consumer)
What process do producers use to capture light energy?
What type of energy is light converted to?
Most energy is lost to the environment in what form?
Would you describe the 'flow of energy' as cyclical or non-cyclical?
- Wikipedia
Extend Your Learning
Extend Your Learning
Sustainable Eating: Cutting Food Waste in Singapore
Sustainable Eating: Cutting Food Waste in Singapore
- The Straits Times
Grand Hyatt
How does the hotel package their food in an environmentally-friendly way?
What are some creative ways the hotel use to reduce food waste?
Treatsure App
How does this app work with Grand Hyatt to deal with surplus food?
How does it partner supermarkets to cut down waste from near-expiry / damaged products?
The Singapore Green Plan 2030:
The Singapore Green Plan 2030:
- Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Think:
What are the different goals of SG Green Plan 2030?
In what ways can we all contribute?
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