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Unit 7: Ecology Schedule and Learning Targets
Reading – Chapter 18 (358-374), Ch. 19 (381-392), Ch. 20 (399-410), Ch. 21 (417-422)
Date
Homework Assigned
In-Class
3-10
Outline Part I and II
Life or Death Food Chain Decision, Abiotic/
M
Biotic sort, A Model Microcosm (Part 1)
3-12
Tobacco Prevention Presentation
W
3-14
Outline Part III & Finish Biogeochemical
Quiz #1 on part I and II, Succession activity,
F
Cycles worksheet
Biogeochemical cycles
3-25
Outline Part IV
Quiz #2 on Part III & biogeochemical cycles,
T
Ecology Terms (bean activity), ecosystem design
(work on part 2)
3-27
Outline Part V
Quiz #3 on Part IV, Population dynamics (age
Th
pyramids) & Population Growth (growth curves
& carrying capacity)
3-31
Outline Part VI
Quiz #4 on Part V, Competitive exclusion virtual
M
lab, Build ecosystem in a bottle
4-2
Finish Predator prey lab, work on study
Quiz #5 on Part VI & virtual lab, ecological
W
guide
relationships (symbiosis), Predator prey lab
4-4
Study for test
Quiz #6 on Part VI, seal ecosystem, start journal
F
entry-Day 1, Review for test
4-8
Relax 
Journal entry Day 2, Ecology exam
T
Vocabulary –
Ecology
Population
Nonrenewable
Carnivore
Food Chain
Population Density
Logistic Model
Symbiosis
Primary Succession
Pioneer Species
Interdependence
Habitat
Niche
Omnivore
Trophic Level
Immigration
Carrying Capacity
Parasitism
Secondary Succession
Climax Community
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Biotic Factor
Abiotic Factor
Renewable
Producer
Consumer
Herbivore
Decomposer
Food Web
overshoot
interspecific competition
Emigration
Exponential Model
*Density Independent Factors
Predation
Mutualism
Commensalism
Competitive exclusion
*Density Dependent Factors
Concepts & Review –
A.
Introduction
1. Describe an example showing the effects of interdependence upon organisms in their
environment.
2. State the five different levels of organization at which ecology can be studied.
B.
Ecology of Organisms
1. Compare abiotic factors with biotic factors and list two examples of each.
2. Explain the concept of the niche. How is it different from a habitat?
C.
Energy Transfer
1. What are the three necessary ingredients of an ecosystem?
2. Summarize the role of producers in an ecosystem.
3. Identify several kinds of consumers in an ecosystem.
4. Explain the role of decomposers in an ecosystem.
5. Compare the concept of a food chain with that of a food web.
6. Explain why ecosystems usually contain only a few trophic levels.
D.
Populations
1. Compare the exponential model and the logistic model of population growth and their
relationship to the carrying capacity of the land. (Draw them)
2. Interpret age/population pyramids and predict future trends.
E.
Species Interactions
1. Identify two types of predator adaptations and two types of prey adaptations.
2. Compare parasitism, mutualism, and commensalism, and give an example of each.
3. Describe interspecific competition, including the competitive exclusion principle.
F.
Succession
1. Distinguish between primary and secondary succession, and give an example of each.