Unit 5: Ecology. Honors Biology Website: Topics: Unit Objectives:

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1 Honors Biology Website: Unit : Ecology Textbook Chapters: 3,, 6, 29 Topics: o Goal 1: Energy Flow in Ecosystem (3.3) o Goal 2: Cycles of Matter (3.4) o Goal 3: How Populations Grow (.1) o Goal 4: Limits to Growth (.2) o Goal : A Changing Landscape (6.1) o Goal 6: Using Resources Wisely (6.2) o Goal 7: Biodiversity (6.3) o Goal 8: Meeting Ecological Challenges (6.4) o Goal 9: Animal Behavior (29.1, 29.2) Unit Objectives: Trace the flow of energy through living systems. Identify the three types of ecological pyramids. Describe how matter cycles among the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. Describe how water cycles through the biosphere. Explain why nutrients are important in living systems. Describe how the availibility of nutrients affects the productivity of ecosystems. List the characteristics used to decribe a population. Identify factors that affect population growth. Describe exponential and logistic growth. Identify factors that determine carrying capacity. Identify the limiting factors that depend and do not depend on population density. Describe human activities that can affect the biosphere. Describe the relationship between resource use and sustainable development. Describe how human activities affect soil, land, water and air resources. Define biodiversity and explain its value. Identify current threats to biodiversity. Describe how biodiversity can be preserved. Explain the concept of ecological footprint. Identify the role of ecology in a sustainable future. Identify the significance of behavior in the evolution of a species. Explain what innate behavior is. Describe the major types of learning. Explain what type of behaviors are usually considered complex. Explain how environmental changes affect animal behavior. Explain how social behaviors incerase the evolutionary fitness of a species. Vocabulary: 3.3, 3.4 (12 words).1,.2 ( words) 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 (20 words) 29.1, 29.2 (17 words)

2 Disclaimer: Your completion of an activity does not guarantee you its full points. Correctness of content, neatness and creativity are used to grade each assignment. Your completion of only C-layered and B-layered activities does guarantee you a C grade this is the highest grade you can expect from this layer. Also, tests and quests are required & will have an effect on your grade. Attendance is a must since most of this work is completed in class!! However, some activities will need to be completed for homework since we have limited time. **Layers assigned should be dependent on the notes that are reflective of that topic. The assignment must also be put in your own words. No additional sources should be used, unless otherwise noted. When outside sources are used, they must be cited; failure to do so, will result in a zero for the assignment. If you unsure on how to complete any assignment, please ask!! Refer to Appendix A in the back of your textbook for help on making concept maps, flowcharts, tables, etc. All assignments must have your name, period, and C#/B# in the upper right hand corner of the page upon turning in. C-Layer (68 pts min. / 11 pts max.) Assignments C#1: Choose one assignment from below to complete: Pick ten things that you like to eat, with of those things being animals (chicken/beef) and being plants (fruits/veggies). Using the internet, research what foods those animals eat that you eat. Draw a food web with you and the 1 things you like to eat (and the things they like to eat trace back to producers). Label the trophic levels, producers and the order of consumers. Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting food chains and webs - minimum of sentences. Identify two similarities and two differences. Construct a food chain/food web using pictures from magazines. Use a minimum of organisms. Be sure to draw arrows between organisms. Trace back to producer - label the trophic levels, producers and the order of consumers. 3.3 Section Assessment #1-3 (must be in effective sentences) 9 C#2: Choose one assignment from below to complete: Write a paragraph describing how humans and other land animals are involved in the water cycle. minimum sentences. Write an acrostic poem based on the term water cycle. (Vertical word with sentences sentence must relate to the water cycle.) Construct a concept map on titled Water Cycle. 3.4 Section Assessment #1 4 (must be in effective sentences) 8 Pts Rc d

3 C#3: Choose one assignment from below to complete: Create a concept map titled How Populations Grow. Create a 4-box square - label each square a population characteristic, then make a drawing representing each characteristic. 8 Write a paragraph explaining why, in natural settings, exponential growth does not continue indefinitely for any species minimum sentences..1 Section Assessment # 1 4 (must be in effective sentences) 9 C#4: Biology & Society: Invasive Mussels page 136 C#: Choose one assignment from below to complete: Create a concept map titled Limits to Growth. Complete a Venn Diagram on the 2 types limiting factors. Write two paragraphs comparing and contrasting describing density-dependent and density-independent limiting factors minimum sentences each..2 Section Assessment #1 3 (must be in effective sentences) 6 C#6: Choose one assignment from below to complete: Research the Wetlands Initiative. Write a paragraph explaining the goal of the project, who funds the project, the successes of the project and the challenges of the project. Cite sources. Create a Compare/Contrast Table with 3 columns and 3 rows. Rows: Agriculture, Development, and Industrial Growth. Columns: Positive Effects and Negative 6 Effects Write a paragraph that describes how sustainable development can help reduce the negative impacts of agriculture, industry and development must be sent. 6.1 Section Assessment #1 2 (must be in effective sentences) C#7: Choose one assignment from below to complete: Research causes and effects of deforestation in the Amazon region of South America. Construct a Cause/Effect Diagram showing your findings. Construct a concept map titled Resources. Develop a list of specific human activities that result in harm to soil resources, 1 freshwater resources, and atmospheric resources. ( each) Cite Sources. 6.2 Section Assessment #1 4 (must be in effective sentences) 8 C#8: Choose one assignment from below to complete: Research the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Find out what the agreement is and how it works. Cite sources. Describe the 3 types of biodiversity in a paragraph minimum 6 sentences Section Assessment #1 3 (must be in effective sentences) 6 C#9: Choose one assignment from below to complete: Create a Compare/Contrast Table comparing the challenges associated with the ozone layer, fisheries, and global climate. Note the problem observed, the causes 9 identified, and the solutions implemented. Construct a Cause and Effect Diagram on Climate Change reference Case Study #3 on page 177. Begin with Climate Change as the cause use biological and physical evidence to identify effects. 6.4 Section Assessment #1 3 (must be in effective sentences) 6

4 C#: Choose one assignment from below to complete: Create a Concept Map on animal behavior include innate, learning, cycles, social and animal societies. Write a Training Manual for dog owners. Write instructions how the types of learned behavior can be used to train an animal to obey a command. Compare/Contrast Table include the types of behavior (innate, learning, cycles, social and animal societies), description of the behavior, and how the behavior 1 increases evolutionary fitness & 29.2 Section Assessment p. 84 #1, 3, & p. 81 #2, 4 8 C#11: Bio & Society: Marine Mammals in Captivity - p. 846 B-Layer (208 pts min. / 208 pts max) Assignments B#1: The % Rule Analyzing Data 20 B#2: Nutrient Cycles Whiteboards 1 B#3: The Effect of Fertilizer on Algae 1 B#4: Multiplying Rabbits Analyzing Data 20 B#: How Competition Affects Growth 1 B#6: Water Conservation Poster/Pamphlet 20 B#7: American Air Pollution Trends 1 B#8: Biodiversity Gallery Walk 1 B#9: Threats to Biodiversity Whiteboards B#: Saving the Golden Lion Tamarin 1 B#11: Overpackaging 20 B#12: Ecological Footprint B#13: Animal Behavior Whiteboards 8 B#14: Quick Lab: What kind of Learning is Practice? page 844 Pts Rc d A-Layer (4 pts min. / 4 pts max) Choose ONE of the following topics to research. Then, choose a method to present the material: 3-pg typed report, poster OR Pamphlet full 4 descriptions for each choice on Moodle. o Phosphates and Aquatic Ecosystems negative effects of phosphate use in products. o Global Warming What is it? Effects on ecosystems? Evidences? o How is biodiversity valuable to society? think about agriculture, medicine, recreation, industry, or general health. o Status of the Endangered Species Act from 1973 to present show a time line of events, specific people, and political parties involved and present problems.

5 Assessments: Biosphere & Populations Quest (Goals 1 4: Chapter 3.3, 3.4,.1,.2) 7 Humans in the Biosphere Quest (Goals 8: Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4) 34 Animal Behavior Quiz (Goal 9: Chapter 29.1, 29.2) Received