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Aim to Learn:Aim to Learn: California State California State Standard on Ecology: Stability in an Standard on Ecology: Stability in an ecosystem is a balance between ecosystem is a balance between competing effects; Biodiversity is competing effects; Biodiversity is the sum total of different kinds of the sum total of different kinds of organisms and is affected by habitat organisms and is affected by habitat changes.changes.
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• b. Students know how to analyze changes in an ecosystem resulting from changes in climate, human activity, introduction of nonnative species, or changes in population size.
• Global Warming from CO2 (mainly), a nonrenewable resource
• Ozone “Hole” from chlorofluorocarbons
• Zebra Mussel in SF Bay; Plants & Animals in Hawaii
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• c. Students know how fluctuations in population size in an ecosystem are determined by the relative rates of birth, immigration, emigration, and death.
• China, India, Africa – high birth rates• Immigration > emigration
Population Growth• Death Rate > Birth Rate Population
Decreases
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• d. Students know how water, carbon, and nitrogen cycle between abiotic resources and organic matter in the ecosystem and how oxygen cycles through photosynthesis and respiration.
• Nutrient Cycle (water, nitrogen, carbon)
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• Nitrogen Cycle
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• Carbon Cycle
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• e. Students know a vital part of an ecosystem is the stability of its producers and decomposers.
• Food Chain
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• f. Students know at each link in a food web some energy is stored in newly made structures but much energy is dissipated into the environment as heat. This dissipation may be represented in an energy pyramid.
• Food Pyramid
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Energy PyramidEnergy Pyramid(kcal is a unit of Energy)(kcal is a unit of Energy)
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Much Energy is lost as HeatMuch Energy is lost as Heat