Unit 12 Ecology
Ecology Standards / Objectives
Bio.2.1 Analyze the interdependence of living organisms within their environments
Bio.2.1.1 Analyze the flow of energy and cycling of matter (water, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen) through ecosystems relating the significance of each to maintaining the health and sustainability of an ecosystem
Bio.2.1.2 Analyze the survival and reproductive success of organisms in terms of behavioral, structural, and reproductive adaptations
Bio.2.1.3 Explain various ways organisms interact with each other (including predation, competition, parasitism, mutualism) and with their environments resulting in stability within ecosystems
Bio.2.1.4 Explain ecosystems can be relatively stable over hundreds or thousands of years, even though populations may fluctuate (emphasizing availability of food, availability of shelter, umber of predators and disease)
Bio.2.2 Understand the impact of human activities on the environment (1 generation affects the next)
Bio.2.2.1 Infer how human activities (including population growth, pollution, global warming, burning of fossil fuels, habitat destruction and introduction of nonnative species) may impact the environment
Bio.2.2.2 Explain how the use, protection and conservation of natural resources by humans impact the environment from 1 generation to the next
Bio.4.2 Analyze the relationships between biochemical processes and energy use in the cell
Bio.4.2.2 Explain the ways that organisms use released energy for maintaining homeostasis (active transport)