Exploring Our Fluid Earth

Teaching Science as Inquiry

 

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Question Set: Energy Acquisition
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices
Engaging in Argument from Evidence
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts
Energy and Matter
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS1.C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms
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Question Set: Energy Acquisition
  1. Endothermy
    1. Use your own words to define the term endothermy.
    2. What is the significance of endothermy to the success of mammals, particularly marine mammals?
       
  2. All marine mammals except the sirenians are predators.
    1. What do sirenians eat?
    2. How are sirenians adapted to this diet?
       
  3. All cetaceans are predators, meaning they eat other live animals. This fact might be surprising since many people think of mysticete or baleen whales as “gentle giants.”
    1. What do mysticete whales eat?
    2. How do the capture their food?
       
  4. The killer whale (Orcinus orca) has a common name suggesting that the species is evil or malicious in nature.
    1. How does its predatory behavior compare to that of other marine mammals?
    2. Do you think Orcinus orca is a mean-spirited animal? Explain your answer.
Exploring Our Fluid Earth, a product of the Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG), College of Education. University of Hawaii, 2011. This document may be freely reproduced and distributed for non-profit educational purposes.