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Today you'll be learning about animal behavior and re-visiting ecology and evolution by watching this documentary about Edward O. Wilson aka "Lord of the Ants". He's a naturalist, an entomologist (peson that studies insects) and a pulitzer prize winning author.
Write out the questions below and aswer them as you go- yes- they should be in order!
Here are a couple of definitions of words you may have never heard of before:
Xenophobia is a dislike and/or fear of that which is unknown or different from oneself.
biophilia [ˌbaɪəʊˈfɪlɪə] n (Psychology) an innate love for the natural world, supposed to be felt universally by humankind
Here are the questions:
1. Where did E.O. Wilson grow up?
2. What led him to study small insects and not something else?
3. Why did he choose to study ants in particular?
4. What invasive species did he discover in Alabama at the age of 13?
5. How many species of the ant Genus “ Pheidole” did Wilson discover?
6. In the 50”s Wilson got a new boss, who was he and what was he famous for?
7. How do the ants communicate with each other?
8. What is “ Sociobiology”?
9. What is a biodiversity “hot spot”?
10. 50% of all species living on the Earth live on what percentage of the Earth?
11. What is the difference between Haiti and the Dominican Republic?
12. Biodiversity is another term coined by Wilson, what does it mean?
Hand in your questions and answers before you leave today.
Here's the link: http://video.pbs.org/video/980049632/
You may recognize the voice of the narrator, it's Han solo ,or maybe you recognize him as Indiana Jones, or maybe you're such young pups that you don't recognize him at all!
Have a great day.
