IntroductiontoEcosystems(TeacherExample) EssentialQuestions 1.Whatarethelevelsof organizationinanecosystem? Organism Population Community Ecosystem Abiotic Biotic 3.Howarepopulationsizeskeptin check? 1.DensityDependentFactors 2.

DensityIndependentFactors Notes

2.Whatareabioticandbiotic factors?

FoodChainsandWebs EssentialQuestions 1.Whatisafoodchain?Whatisa FoodChain foodweb? FoodWeb 2.Whatdothearrowsinthefood webrepresent? 3.Whatarethetwomainways organismscangetenergy? Producer/Autotroph Consumer/Heterotroph Herbivore Omnivore Carnivore Scavenger Decomposter Notes

4.Whatarethedifferenttypesof consumers/heterotrophs?

EcologicalPyramids EssentialQuestions 1.Whatisatrophiclevel? Notes

2.Whatarethemaintrophiclevels FirstTrophicLevel inanecosystem? SecondTrophicLevel ThirdTrophicLevel 3.Whatisenergypyramid?What doesitshow?

4.Whatisanumberpyramid? Whatdoesitshow?

5.Whatisabiomasspyramid? Whatdoesitshow?

SymbioticRelationships EssentialQuestions 1.Whatisasymbiotic relationship? Notes

2.Whatismutualism?

3.Giveanexampleofmutualism. 4.Whatiscommensalism? 5.Giveanexampleof commensalism.

6.Whatisparasitism?

7.Giveanexampleofparasitism.

OrganismInteractions:PredatorPreyandCompetition EssentialQuestions 1.Whatispredation? Notes

2.Howandwhydopredatorprey populationfluctuateovertime?

3.Whatiscompetition? 4.Whatisaniche? 5.Whatdoesthecompetitive exclusionprinciplesay?

TheCarbonCycle EssentialQuestions Notes

1.Whatarethedifferentforms Carbondioxidegas ofcarbonfoundonearth? Carbonicacid/bicarbonates Calciumcarbonateshells Fossilfuels Lifeforms 2.Whatisthecarboncycle? Combustion Photosynthesis Respiration Decomposition Diffusion

3.Howdohumansimpactthis cycle? 4.Howdoesitimpactthe healthofouraquaticand terrestrialecosystems?

TheNitrogenCycle EssentialQuestions 1.Whatarethedifferentformsofnitrogen Nitrogengas foundonearth? Ammonia Nitrites/Nitrates 2.Whatisnitrogenfixation? Notes

3.Whatisthenitrogencycle? Nitrogenfixation Assimilation Decomposition Denitrification

4.Whatisrunoff?

5.Whathappenswhenrunoffcontaining nitrogenentersstreamsandlakes?

Renewablevs.NonrenewableResources EssentialQuestions 1.Whatisarenewableresource? Renewable Advantages 4.Whatisanonrenewableresource? 5.Whataresomeexamplesof nonrenewableresources? 6.Whataresomeadvantagesand disadvantagesofnonrenewable resources? Disadvantages Notes

2.Whatarethreeexamplesof renewableresources? 3.Whataresomeadvantagesand disadvantagesofrenewableresources?

Nonrenewable Advantages Disadvantages

TheWaterCycle EssentialQuestions 1.Whatisthewatercycle? Evaporation Transpiration Condensation Precipitation Runoff Infiltration/Percolation Notes

2.Whereismostoftheworlds water?

3.Whatisanaquifer?

4.Howarehumanschangingthe watercycle?

5.Whateffectsareourchanges havingonecosystems?