Module Assignment

Objectives for Chapters 23-26

• Distinguish between abiotic and biotic components of the envrionment
• Define biogeography
• Compare the impact of abiotic forces on aquatic and terrestrail life
• Identify the two major abiotic factors that determine terrestrial biomes
• Recognize distinguishing characteristics of each of the eight major terrestrial biomes
• Distinguish between the characteristics of the ocean zones
• Define global climate change
• Dsicuss the effects that the Industrial Revolution had on the global atmosphere
• Describe the three different patterns of population distribution
• Describe how life history patterns are influenzed by natural selection
• Explain different life history patterns and how different reproductive strategies affect apecies survival
• Give examples of exponential and logistic growth in natural populations
• Discuss exponential human populations growth and its effect
• Explain how humans have expanded the carrying capacity of their habitat
• Give examples of predator-prey
• Give examples of symbiotic relationships
• Compare innate and learned behavior
• Identify courtship rituals
• Identify the different types of ecosystems
• Differentiate between food webs and food chains
• Identify the different biochemical cycles
• Explain the effects of habitat loss
• Explain why it is important to conserve areas

Read Chapter 23 Ecology and the Biosphere

Read Chapter 23 powerpoint

Read Chapter 24 Population and Community Ecology

Read Chapter 24 powerpoint

Read Chapter 25 Ecosystems

Read Chapter 25 powerpoint

Read Chapter 26 Conservation Biology and Biodiversity

Read Chapter 26 powerpoint

Do the questions at the end of each of the chapters and do the activities in each of the chapters.

Objectives for Succession Lab and Ecosystmes Lab

• Describe the processes of primary succession and secondary succession

• Explain what makes a community and an ecosystem different
  
• Describe the differences between abiotic and biotic factors
  
• Explain why disturbances play an important role in the progression of succession
  
• Define a climax community
  
• Describe why most areas will not make it to a climax community
  
• Describe the plant communities present after glacial succession and how they change the environment
  
• Explain the causes of eutrophication