Learning Focus:
Obtain information to investigate the flow of energy and cycling of matter within an ecosystem.
Evaluate information to investigate the flow of energy and cycling of matter within an ecosystem.
Communicate information to investigate the flow of energy and cycling of matter within an ecosystem.
Obtain information to construct explanations of stability and change in Earth’s ecosystems.
Evaluate information to construct explanations of stability and change in Earth’s ecosystems.
Communicate information to construct explanations of stability and change in Earth’s ecosystems.
SEV1a:
Develop a model to compare and analyze the levels of ecological organization (organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, & biosphere)
Use a model to compare and analyze the levels of ecological organization
organisms
populations
Communities
ecosystems
biosphere
SEV1b:
Develop & use a model based on the law of thermodynamics to predict energy transfers throughout an ecosystem (food chains, food webs, & trophic levels)
Understand and apply how the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics relates to energy transfer within ecosystems
SEV2d:
Support a claim about the value of biodiversity in ecosystem resilience
Understand how ecosystem resilience relates to keystone, invasive, native, endemic, indicator, and endangered species