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)