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A. Read pages 87-89.
Due 5 November.
Terms
& Concepts: Distinguish between the terms "weather" and "climate."
Understand that climate has a long term effect on the composition of ecosystems
around the globe. Be able to discuss the greenhouse effect
as an example of the dramatic influence of climate on the biosphere. Be
able to list and describe the three major climatic zones
of the globe, polar,
temperate, and tropic and their relationship to latitude.
Be able to interpret the maps on page 89 in terms of the
global movement of heat
energy and its relationship to solar heating.
Questions
pages 115-116: 1-3, 11-12.
B. Read
pages 90-97. Due 9 November.
Terms &
Concepts: Review the concept of biotic and abiotic factors
of an ecosystem. Understand the important interrelationships between
these two elements of the ecosystem and their role in the growth and
survival of organisms. Appreciate the important concept of the "ecological niche."
Understand the relationship of an organism's niche and the biotic and
abiotic factors of its ecosystem. Be able to describe the classic study
of warblers
as an example of how similar species can live together in an ecosystem
by having specialized niches. Know what the terms competition and
predation
mean in terms of the use of ecosystem resources. Be able to state and
give examples of the competitive
exclusion principle. Understand how symbiosis
describes the close and often obligatory relationships among species
including mutualism,
commensalism, and parasitism. Be able to give examples of
each of these types of symbiotic relationships.
Appreciate that ecosystems are not fixed
relationships of species. Ecological
succession is the natural progression of change in
ecosystems. Distinguish between primary
and secondary
succession and be able to describe examples of succession
in desert, forest,
and marine ecosystem.
Questions
pages 115-116: 4-7, 13-16.
C. Due 12
November. Questions
pages 115-116: 30 and 33.
D. Read
page 98-105. Due 16 November.
Terms &
Concepts: Be able to define biome in
relationship between abiotic and biotic factors and the unique groups
of organisms that live in each biome. Understand the critical role of temperature and
precipitation in determining the characteristics of a biome. Be able to
interpret the "climate
diagram" such as figure 4-10 on page 98. Be able to use
the global map on page 99 to identify the location of the major biomes.
Use the information on pages 100 to 104 to know the important
characteristics of the major biomes in particular the abiotic factors, dominant
plants and animals, and location.
Questions
pages 115-116: 8, 17-20, 27.
E. Read page 106-112.
Due 18 November.
Terms & Concepts:
Use the information on pages 106 to 112 to know the major aquatic and marine
biomes. Be able to describe the abiotic and biotic
elements of these biomes and their dominant plants and animals, and
their locations.
Questions
pages 115-116: 9-10, 21-25, 28.
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