Student Name______Date______Period______

Lesson 22: Nutrition Basics

Lesson Due Date: ______Grade Earned______Teacher Initials_____

Vocabulary / Define the following words that were included in today’s lesson:
autotroph-
heterotroph-
micronutrient-
macronutrient-
Writing for Credit / List the factors that influence what your daily caloric (nutritional) intake should be.
Connections to Learning / What prior knowledge made today’s lesson more meaningful? What did you know already? (“Free write” in this area.)
Summary / Summarize today’s lesson: What occurred? What did you learn?
Practice / What do you still need to study/practice/reinforce? (You MUST write something here.)

Practice and Application Questions

1. and 2. / Base your answers to questions on the information and data table below and on your knowledge of biology.
A student counted the total number of leaves in a group of duckweed plants (Lemna gibba) over a 5-day period. The data collected are shown in the table below.
3. ______/ The time it takes for the number of leaves to increase from 15 to 30 is approximately
1. 2.0 days
2. 2.3 days
3. 2.9 days
4. 3.2 days

This lesson page was taken from

“Living Environment: Biology Lecture and Homework Workbook - 150 Daily Assignments That Make A Difference”

Copyright 2008: Michael H. Comet, South Lewis High School, Turin, New York 13473.

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