Unit 8: Ecology

Slogan: Cooperation & Competition

Unit notes

8.1: Animal Behavior

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8.2: Energy flow through ecosystems

8.3: Population Ecology

8.4: Community Ecology

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Essential Questions

  1. Why does energy flow but nutrients cycle? Explain the transfer of energy seen in most food chains/food webs.

  2. How do GPP and NPP differ? What is the general rule to follow for energy transfer?

  3. What factors influence population growth?

  4. What strategies have populations developed to deal with limiting factors?

  5. How do populations experience exponential growth? Why does this not last?

  6. Why do most populations show logistic growth?

  7. Symbiotic relationships are important in every ecosystem. What are some examples of different symbiotic relationships and how do they impact the organisms involved?

  8. Be able to think through the IMPACTS of changes in an ecosystem- nutrient availability (connect to macromolecules), changes in food chains, and limiting factors