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BIOL1005ActionCenter–ForMaterialCoveredAfterExam3 Workwithyourpeersoneachofthesetasks,whicharedesignedtohelpyou organizealloftheinformationthatyouhavelearnedinthissectionofthecourse. Trynottouseyournotesunlesseveryoneinyourgroupisataloss;instead,seeif youcanfigureouteachproblembasedonwhatyouknow.Don’trush!Theideais tomakesureyouunderstand.(NotethatthehandoutsforActionCentersbefore exams1,2,and3areonline;theyshouldalsohelpyoutostudyforthefinalexam.) 1.ArticulatetheEvolutionaryBigPicture Directions:Onaseparatepieceofpaper,explainhownaturalselectionshapes adaptations,andwritethedefinitionofecology.Nowwriteafewsentences explainingtherelationshipbetweennaturalselectionandecology. 2.MakeaConceptMap Directions:Onaseparatepieceofpaper,makeaconceptmapusingtheseterms: population,ecosystem,biome,temperategrassland,organism,decomposer,population growthrate,birthrate,deathrate,symbiosis,competition,predation,biotic,abiotic, logisticgrowth,exponentialgrowth,succession,community,niche,commensalism, opportunisticspecies,equilibriumspecies,atoms,energy,foodweb,naturalselection 3.ThinkaboutLimits Directions:Onaseparatepieceofpaper,listthreespecificexamplesofdensitydependentanddensity-independentlimitsthatcouldordoaffectthehuman population.Whydoeseachexampleyouchosefitthecriteriaforbeingdensitydependentordensity-independent? 4.ThinkaboutChange Directions:Whatdoessuccessionmean?Whydoesitoccurinthenaturalworld? Whataresomeexamplesofhumaninterventioncausingsuccession? 5.GointoOuterSpace Directions:Imagineyouarehelpingtodesignaself-containedspacestation.Itwill bestockedwithorganismsyouchoose,creatinganecosystemthatwillsupportyou andfiveotherpeoplefortwoyears.Onaseparatepieceofpaper,describethemain functionsyouneedtheorganismstoperform.Listthetypesoforganismsyouwould select,andexplainwhyyouchosethem. (QuestionadaptedfromCampbellEssentialBiologywithPhysiology,3e) 6.TalkTuna Directions:Onaseparatepieceofpaper,explainwhyatop-levelpredatorliketuna hashighconcentrationsofmercurycomparedtootherorganismsintheocean.In youranswer,usethetermstrophiclevels,producers,consumers,heat,energy,atoms, hydrophobic,non-biodegradable,andbiomagnification,pluswhateverelseyouneed toexplainthephenomenon. 7.DrawaFoodWeb Directions:Onaseparatepieceofpaper,drawasimplefoodwebthatdepictsthe relationshipamongproducers,primaryconsumers,secondaryconsumers, decomposers,andinorganicnutrients.Useyourdiagramtoexplainwhyplastic pollutionisaccumulatinginlandfillsandintheocean.Thenuseyourdiagramto explaintheseriesofeventsthatoccurswhennitrogenfertilizer(orothersourceof nutrients)causeseutrophicationinabodyofwater.Whydoeseutrophicationlead tothedeathofmanyaquaticorganisms? 8.ThinkaboutMeat Directions:Onaseparatepieceofpaper,explainwhytheecosysteminaCAFO (ConfinedAnimalFeedingOperation)is“incomplete.”Whatistheconnection betweenCAFOsandantibiotic-resistantbacteria?Whatistheconnectionbetween CAFOsandeutrophication? 9.ConnecttheCarbonCycleandGlobalClimateChange Directions:Onaseparatepieceofpaper,drawthecarboncycle,includingthemost importantbioticandabioticreservoirsofcarbonandtheprocessesthattransfer carbonbetweenthosereservoirs.Howisthecarboncyclerelatedtothegreenhouse effect?Howisthegreenhouseeffectrelatedtoglobalclimatechange?Listasmany consequencesofglobalclimatechangeasyoucanthinkof. 10.KissBiodiversityGoodbye Directions:Explainthepatternsofglobalbiodiversity(i.e.,thedistributionof biomes)acrosstheplanet.Withthesebiomesinmind,listthemaincausesofthe currentlossofbiodiversity,andgiveexamplesofeachone.Howmightthelossof biodiversityhurtecosystemsingeneral?Howmightthelossofbiodiversityhurt humansinparticular?
