Ecology: this unit looks at interactions and relationships between organisms and their environment. Ecology for us will be looked at in respect to feeding (Trophic levels) which include food webs and tropic level terms. Population growth trends looks at how organisms will multiply in an area depending on circumstances, including specifically predator prey relations. Symbiosis looks at long term relationships between different organisms.
Specific Terminology:
habitat, ecosystem, biosphere
population, community
producers, autotrophs
consumers, heterotrophs, herbivores, carnivores, detritivores, primary consumers, secondary, terciary...
food chain, food web, trophic level, energy pyramid
growth curve, exponential growth, carrying capacity
predator, prey, symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism
Be able to:
Draw and use a food web to determine what an organism eats, what eats eat, and where it fits into a trophic level.
Define the terms, and be able to distinguish between them
Specific Terminology:
habitat, ecosystem, biosphere
population, community
producers, autotrophs
consumers, heterotrophs, herbivores, carnivores, detritivores, primary consumers, secondary, terciary...
food chain, food web, trophic level, energy pyramid
growth curve, exponential growth, carrying capacity
predator, prey, symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism
Be able to:
Draw and use a food web to determine what an organism eats, what eats eat, and where it fits into a trophic level.
Define the terms, and be able to distinguish between them