ECOLOGY

How an organism interacts with its environment.  Vocabulary you should know .  ecology, abiotic factors, biotic factors, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere, species, habitat, niche, symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, predator, prey, trophic level, producer, consumer, heterotroph, autotroph, decomposers, pyramid of numbers, pyramid of energy, pyramid of mass, food chain, food web, carbon cycle.  Density dependent factors, density independent factors, J shaped curve, S shaped curve, carrying capacity, migration, immigration, emigration, age structure graph, limiting factor.  Primary succession, secondary succession, pioneer species, climax community, limiting factors.  Acid rain, threatened species, endangered species, exotic species, deforestation, habitat degradation, bioaccumulation, habitat fragmentation, greenhouse effect, global warming.

 Info Book chapters 2-5



Activity

[|Carbon cycle tutorial] [|Virtual carbon lab]  [|Carbon cycle] Simulation [|Quizlet - basic ecology vocabulary]  [|Build a food chain]  [|Food chain interactive activity] [|Quizlet - feeding relationships] <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%;">[|Feeding relationships video] <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%;"> [|Ecology lab] Simulation - build your own ecosystem <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%;"> [|Interactive tutorial exponetial growth curve] [|How to use a quadrat] [|7 billion people video clip] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px;">[|Demographics lab] <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px;"> simulation <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">[|World population by date] <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">[|World/Us Population] <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">[|Age calculator]

[|Quizlet - population biology]
<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%;"> <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%;">[|Endangered species activity] <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%;">[|Bioaccumulation] <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%;">[|Biomagnification] <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%;">[|Global warming, greenhouse effect] <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%;">[|Deforestation] <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%;">[|Ponder this - virtual lab]

[|Quizlet - environmental issues]
[|Glencoe Population Biology Virtual Lab] <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 144%;"> Questions you must be able to answer

Date
 * 1) What is ecology?
 * 2) What are abiotic factors? Give examples.
 * 3) What are biotic factors? Give examples.
 * 4) What is the difference between an organism's habitat and its niche?
 * 5) What is symbiosis?
 * 6) Define commensalism, mutalism, parsitism, predator - prey relationship and give an example of each.
 * 7) How does the carbon cycle relate to photosynthesis and respiration?

Date
 * 1) What is an autotroph? Give examples.
 * 2) What is a heterotroph? Give examples.
 * 3) What is a producer?
 * 4) What organisms are producers?
 * 5) What organisms always __#|start__ a food chain?
 * 6) Why are there only 3-5 links in a food chain?
 * 7) What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
 * 8) Why does only 10% of the available energy reach the next energy level?
 * 9) What are the three types of ecological pyramids?

Date
 * 1) What is a J shaped curve?
 * 2) What is a S shaped curve? Describe the what is happening to the population at different parts of the curve.
 * 3) What is the definition of carrying capacity?
 * 4) How do density dependent factors affect a population?
 * 5) How do density independent factors affect a population?

Date
 * 1) What factors influence birth rates and death rates?
 * 2) Sketch a graph of human population over the last 2000 years.
 * 3) What factors have contributed to the rapid increase in human population latterly?
 * 4) How would the age structure chart of a stable population differ from one of a rapidly growing population?

Date
 * 1) What is acid rain and how does it affect the environment?
 * 2) Who is responsible for the most habitat destruction, and how does this affect organisms?
 * 3) What are exotic species and why do they thrive in their new environment? Give some examples.
 * 4) How do changes in human population affect populations of other organisms?
 * 5) What is the greenhouse effect, and how does it affect climate?
 * 6) How do humans impact the greenhouse effect?
 * 7) How might natural environmental processes such as volcanoes affect climate?
 * 8) How does deforestation impact the environment?
 * 9) What is bioaccumulation, and how does it affect organisms at the top of a food chain?
 * 10) What are the problems associated with over use of __#|pesticides__?
 * 11) Give some examples of sustainable practices and stewardship of the environment.

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