ECOLOGY
Unit Objectives
When you complete this unit, you should be able to:
Assignment List--Ecology
SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY
1. **Follow this link to a 5 minutes introduction to ecology.
2. **Review the PPT notes over section 3.1 and complete the study guide.
3. Complete the worksheet "An Ecosystem and Its Ecological Relationships"
4. **Review the PPT notes over section 3.2 and complete the study guide.
5. **Review the PPT notes over section 3.3 and complete the study guide . You can use this video to review the different types of ecological pyramids.
6. **Follow this link and use the login information on your lab paper to access the GIZMO about food chains. When you are done, follow this link to a quick Bill Nye summary that you might enjoy.
7. Watch this 9 minutes video clip on the flow of energy through an ecosystem.
8. Complete the worksheet "The Coyote and Sheep Problem--Basic Ecology".
9. **Review the PPT notes over section 3.4 and complete the study guide.
10. Bill Nye would love to help you review the major concepts for this lab here and here.
SECTION TWO: ECOSYSTEMS AND COMMUNITIES
1. **Review the PPT notes over section 4.2 and complete the study guide.
2. **Review the PPT notes over section 4.3 and complete the study guide.
3. Pick up a question sheet then follow this link to view the video "Life After People" that discusses how succession would occur if human's were not here to interfere with nature.
SECTION THREE: HUMAN IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
1. Review the PPT notes over section 6.1 and complete the study guide. Review this short video on renewable resources.
2. Review the PPT notes over section 6.2 and complete the study guide.
3. Review the PPT notes over section 6.3 and complete the study guide.
4. Review the 5 minute video here that explains why biodiversity is important. Turn in a one paragraph paper that answers the question "Why is Biodiversity So Important?"
Unit Objectives
When you complete this unit, you should be able to:
- describe the ecological divisions of the biosphere and their relationships
- describe the flow of energy thru an ecosystem
- identify the feeding relationships in a given food web
- interpret information form given ecological pyramids
- describe the following biogeochemical cycles: water, nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus
- identify biotic and abiotic factors in a given ecosystem
- contrast exponential and logistic population growth
- name and describe density dependent and density independent limiting factors in a population
- describe human population growth through history
- describe how human affect the biosphere in positive and negative ways
Assignment List--Ecology
SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY
1. **Follow this link to a 5 minutes introduction to ecology.
2. **Review the PPT notes over section 3.1 and complete the study guide.
3. Complete the worksheet "An Ecosystem and Its Ecological Relationships"
4. **Review the PPT notes over section 3.2 and complete the study guide.
5. **Review the PPT notes over section 3.3 and complete the study guide . You can use this video to review the different types of ecological pyramids.
6. **Follow this link and use the login information on your lab paper to access the GIZMO about food chains. When you are done, follow this link to a quick Bill Nye summary that you might enjoy.
7. Watch this 9 minutes video clip on the flow of energy through an ecosystem.
8. Complete the worksheet "The Coyote and Sheep Problem--Basic Ecology".
9. **Review the PPT notes over section 3.4 and complete the study guide.
10. Bill Nye would love to help you review the major concepts for this lab here and here.
SECTION TWO: ECOSYSTEMS AND COMMUNITIES
1. **Review the PPT notes over section 4.2 and complete the study guide.
2. **Review the PPT notes over section 4.3 and complete the study guide.
3. Pick up a question sheet then follow this link to view the video "Life After People" that discusses how succession would occur if human's were not here to interfere with nature.
SECTION THREE: HUMAN IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
1. Review the PPT notes over section 6.1 and complete the study guide. Review this short video on renewable resources.
2. Review the PPT notes over section 6.2 and complete the study guide.
3. Review the PPT notes over section 6.3 and complete the study guide.
4. Review the 5 minute video here that explains why biodiversity is important. Turn in a one paragraph paper that answers the question "Why is Biodiversity So Important?"
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