Unit 3: Biosphere, ch 4-6,18

1970-National Environmental Policy Act

1972-DDT was banned in the US

1973-the Endangered Species Act

1973-The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." Aldo Leopold

“In nature nothing exists alone.” Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

Unit 3 note sheet (ch 4-6, 18) and vocab sheet

Practice FRQs

Chapter 4 Climate and Biomes slides

Biomes chart due human and services columns

the Amazon slides

Measure your impact sheet due

Chapter 5 Evolution of Biodiversity slides

Measuring the Biodiversity of 3 areas lab

Prelab, Intro due, full lab due

Chapter 6 Population and Community Ecology slides

1, 2, 3 of 4 page Population packet due

Making a claim packet due Tues, 10/6

Measure your Impact 6 sheet due

Texas mosquito mystery video

1. Why did the population of mosquitoes grow at exponential rates in 2012? Abiotic and biotic

2. What is the importance to scientists? to residents of Dallas?

Chapter 18 Conservation of Biodiversity slides

Invasives chart

Are corals animals or plants?

The Endangered Species Act has saved more than 200 species from extinction—but now the law itself is under threat 5/2017

When ice melts: tipping the predator/prey relationship

Endangered species wait an average of 12 years to get on the list

Citizen science: Monarch migration video, 12 min

Africa Palm Oil Initiative: balancing economic development with conservation 5/2016

AP test

The Living World (10–15%)

A. Ecosystem Structure

(Biological populations and communities; ecological niches; interactions among species; keystone species; species diversity and edge effects; major terrestrial and aquatic biomes)

B. Energy Flow

(Photosynthesis and cellular respiration; food webs and trophic levels; ecological pyramids)

C. Ecosystem Diversity

(Biodiversity; natural selection; evolution; ecosystem services)

D. Natural Ecosystem Change

(Climate shifts; species movement; ecological succession)

E. Natural Biogeochemical Cycles

(Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, water, conservation of matter)

Loss of Biodiversity

1. Habitat loss; overuse; pollution; introduced species; endangered and extinct species

2. Maintenance through conservation

3. Relevant laws and treaties