Ecology
How do matter and energy link organisms to each other and their environments?
- Living organisms have the capability of producing populations of unlimited size, but the environment can support only a limited number of individuals from each species.
- Changes in an ecosystem can result from changes in climate, human activity, introduction of nonnative species, or changes in population size.
- Water, carbon and nitrogen cycle between abiotic resources and organic matter in the ecosystem and oxygen cycles through photosynthesis and respiration.
Key Concepts
- Ecosystem Stability and Human Influences
- Human Culture and Technology
- Populations and the Environment
- Carrying Capacity
- Human Populations
- Ecology of Organisms
- Species Interactions
- Properties of Communities
- Succession
- Energy Transfer
- Ecosystem Recycling
Textbook Chapter: 19, 21, 22-1 & 22-2
Modern Biology: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Homework, Key Vocabulary and Graphic Organizer
- Homework for Ecology (PDF)
- Reading for Ecology (PDF)
Class Notes
- Ecology Notes (PDF)