Ecology Vocabulary Builders 1-4 Quizzes, Card Sorts, Word Wall & Tarsia Puzzles

Knowledge of terms is essential when studying ecology. To help students build their vocabulary, this handy note organizer groups selected terms strategically to help your students understand and differentiate between them. Assessment quiz and word wall posters included.

Also included, two different hands-on sorting activities to help with differentiation:

• A one-to-one card sort activity where terms are matched to their definitions with no additional reference points and,
• A Tarsia puzzle sort; large triangle puzzle pieces provide students with three reference points for matching.

Sets #1, #2, #3, & #4 include the following terms:

1st Law of Thermodynamics; 2nd Law of Thermodynamics; Abiotic; Aquatic Biomes; Artificial Ecosystem; Atmosphere; Autotrophs; Bedrock; Bioaccumulation; Biodiversity; Biogeochemical cycles; Biomagnification/Bioamplification; Biomass; Biome; Biosphere; Biotic; Boreal Forest; Carbon cycle; Carbon fixation; Carnivores; Chemosynthesis; Climate Change; Closed System; Community; Consumers; Decomposers; Desert; Detritivores; Detritus; Ecology; Ecosystem; Ecotone; Eutrophication; Food Chain; Food Web; Fungicides; Glucose; Grassland; Habitat; Herbicides; Herbivores; Heterotrophs; Humus; Hydrosphere; Individual; Inorganic Compounds; Insecticides; Lithosphere; Litter; Natural Ecosystem; Niche; Nitrogen cycle; Nitrogen fixation; Nutrients; Omnivores; Open System; Organic Compounds; Organism; Oxygen cycle; Peat; Pest; Pesticides; Phosphorus Cycle; Photosynthesis; Population; Producers; Pyramid of Energy; Pyramid of Numbers; Rainforest; Respiration; Scavengers; Subsoil; Temperate Forest; Thermodynamics; Topsoil; Trophic Level; Tundra; Water cycle; & Weed.

Included in this resource:

Ecology Terms #1: Student Note Organizer, Quiz, Card Sort, & Word Wall:

• 2-pages student note organizer.
• 2-pages teacher answer key for note organizer.
• 1-page matching quiz (designed for the option of optical mark recognition (OMR) grading methods).
• 10-pages card sort (terms, clues, & student answer sheet).
• 1-page student answer sheet.
• 1-page teacher answer key for quiz.
• 21 Word Wall posters.
• One pre-made digital Easel activity included.
• One auto-grading Easel assessment (students may self-check their work using this tool).

Tarsia Puzzle Vocabulary Review for Ecology Terms #1

• 1 page teacher notes/instructions
• 1 page student self-check with a mystery quote
• 1 page student self-check with an image of the overall puzzle shape
• 1 page teacher answer key
• 7 pages Tarsia Puzzle (20 total puzzle pieces)
• One pre-made digital Easel activity
• One auto-grading Easel assessment (students may self-check their work using this tool).

Ecology Terms #2: Student Note Organizer, Quiz, Card Sort, & Word Wall:

• 2-pages student note organizer.
• 2-pages teacher answer key for note organizer.
• 1-page matching quiz (designed for the option of optical mark recognition (OMR) grading methods).
• 9-pages card sort (terms, clues, & student answer sheet).
• 1-page student answer sheet.
• 1-page teacher answer key for quiz.
• 20-Word Wall posters.
• One pre-made digital Easel activity included.
• One auto-grading Easel assessment (students may self-check their work using this tool).

Tarsia Puzzle Vocabulary Review for Ecology Terms #2:

• 1 page teacher notes/instructions
• 1 page student self-check with a mystery quote
• 1 page student self-check with an image of the overall puzzle shape
• 1 page teacher answer key
• 9 pages Tarsia Puzzle (26 total puzzle pieces)
• One pre-made digital Easel activity
• One auto-grading Easel assessment (students may self-check their work using this tool).

Ecology Terms #3: Student Note Organizer, Quiz, Card Sort, & Word Wall:

• 2-pages student note organizer.
• 2-pages teacher answer key for note organizer.
• 1-page matching quiz (designed for the option of optical mark recognition (OMR) grading methods).
• 9-pages card sort (terms, clues, & student answer page).
• 1-page student answer sheet.
• 1-page teacher answer key for quiz.
• 20-Word Wall posters.
• One pre-made digital Easel activity included.
• One auto-grading Easel assessment (students may self-check their work using this tool).

Tarsia Puzzle Vocabulary Review for Ecology Terms #3:

• 1 page teacher notes/instructions
• 1 page student self-check with a mystery quote
• 1 page student self-check with an image of the overall puzzle shape
• 1 page teacher answer key
• 8 pages Tarsia Puzzle (24 total puzzle pieces)
• One pre-made digital Easel activity.
• One auto-grading Easel assessment (students may self-check their work using this tool).

Ecology Terms #4: Student Note Organizer, Quiz, Card Sort, & Word Wall:

• 2-pages student note organizer.
• 2-pages teacher answer key for note organizer.
• 1-page matching quiz (designed for the option of optical mark recognition (OMR) grading methods).
• 7-pages card sort (terms, clues, & student answer sheet).
• 1-page student answer sheet.
• 1-page teacher answer key for quiz.
• 18 Word Wall posters.
• One pre-made digital Easel activity included.
• One auto-grading Easel assessment (students may self-check their work using this tool).

Tarsia Puzzle Vocabulary Review for Ecology Terms #4:

• 1 page teacher notes/instructions
• 1 page student self-check with a mystery quote
• 1 page student self-check with an image of the overall puzzle shape
• 1 page teacher answer key
• 6 pages Tarsia Puzzle (18 total puzzle pieces)
• One pre-made digital Easel activity
• One auto-grading Easel assessment (students may self-check their work using this tool).

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