Download Chapter 3 The Biosphere

Pacing Plan
Course Expectations/Procedures
Days: 45
Introduction to Course: 1 days
Chapter 3 The Biosphere
Sections: 3-1,2,3
Standards: BI 6-a,b,c,f; RST.11-112.3
Days: 9 days (1.8 weeks)
Vocabulary: ecology, biosphere, species, population, community, ecosystem, biome,
autotroph, producer, photosynthesis, chemosynthesis, heterotroph, consumer, herbivore,
carnivore, omnivore, detritivore, decomposer, food chain, food web, trophic level,
ecological pyramid, biomass, evaporation, nitrogen fixation, limiting nutrient, algal bloom
Chapter 4 Ecosystems and Communities
Sections: 4-1,2,3
Standards: BI 6-a,b
Days: 5 days (1 week)
Vocabulary: weather, climate, greenhouse effect, polar zone, temperate zone, tropical
zone, biotic factor, abiotic factor, habitat, niche, resource, competitive exclusion principle,
predation, symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, ecological succession,
primary succession, pioneer species, secondary succession, biome
Chapter 5 Populations
Sections: 5-1,2,3
Standards: BI 6-b,c
Days: 5 (1 week)
Vocabulary: population density, immigration, emigration, exponential growth, logistic
growth, carrying capacity, limiting factor, density-dependent limiting factor, predator-prey
relationship, density-independent limiting factor
Chapter 6 Humans in the Biosphere
Sections: 5-3, 6-1,2,3,4
Standards: BI 6-b,c
Days:5 (1 week)
Vocabulary: resource, nonrenewable resource, sustainable development, soil erosion,
desertification, deforestation, aquaculture, smog, pollutant, acid rain, biodiversity,
ecosystem diversity, species diversity, genetic diversity, extinction, endangered species,
habitat fragmentation, biological magnification, invasive species, conservation
Chapter 15 Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
Sections: 15-1,2,3
Standards: BI 7-a,d, 8-a,b
Days: 10 (2 weeks)
Vocabulary: evolution, theory, fossil, artificial selection, fitness, adaptation, survival of the
fittest, natural selection, descent with modification, common descent, homologous
structures, vestigial organs
Pacing Plan
Chapter 16 Evolution of Populations
Sections: 16-1,2,3
Standards: BI 7-a,c,d 8-a,b,c,d
Days: 7 (1.4 weeks)
Vocabulary: gene pool, relative frequency, single-gene trait, polygenic trait, directional
selection, stabilizing selection, disruptive selection, genetic drift, founder effect, genetic
equilibrium, speciation, reproductive isolation, behavioral isolation, geographic isolation,
temporal isolation
Final Exam
Days: 3 days (0.6 week)