Science 8 - Life Science
(Social Issues & Global Ecosystems)

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• Daily Schedule

• Assignments

• Web Links for Social Issues and Global Ecosytems

• Home

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Assignments

** This Section is UNDER CONSTRUCTION and is incomplete at this time **

Reminders

• Make sure all questions are answered in full, complete sentences.

• Do your work to the best of your ability.

In this unit we will be covering 4 main topics:

1. Human Caused Events

2. Biomes

3. Population Issues

4. Endangered Species

 

A Poem about the Earth

Our Class Bulletin Board

Earth

Matters

Eco Quiz

Save Our Children

Our Thinning Ozone

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1. Human Caused Events Include:

   • The Greenhouse Effect

   • Acid Rain

   • Smog

   • The Ozone Layer

   Additional Tasks

2. Biomes are areas of the world characterized by a specific climate and particular plant and animal species.  The Biomes that we will be studying are:

   • The Temperate Forest

   • The Tropical Rain Forest

   • The Tundra

   • The Taiga

   • The Grasslands

   • The Deserts

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Web Links

• Go here to get additional information on biomes. 

• Go here for useful links on biomes!
• Go here to see a list of pages that should be included in your biome book.

• Population issues deal with the problems the world will encounter as our world population increases and continues to deplete its resources.  We will be covering this topic in the form of a booklet you will get in class.

• You will be completing a short report on an endangered species of your choice. 
• Go here to get a copy of the assignment. 
• Go here to see some web pages that may help you.