CHAPTER 13
TARGET
- Student will discuss biotic and abiotic factors in ecosystems.
- Student will describe the flow of energy on ecosystems.
- Student will summarize Earth’s biogeochemical cycles and their relationship to ecosystems.
CHAPTER 14
TARGET
- Student will describe the flow of matter and energy within ecosystem using the food chain and food web models.
- Student will differentiate between habitat and niche and detail the importance of resource availability.
- Student will describe the ways in which organisms interact within ecosystems.
- Student will detail the effects of geography and density on populations and the relationship of reproductive strategies to survivor-ship curves.
- Student will identify and describe factors that affect population growth.
- Student will describes the characteristics of primary and secondary succession.
CHAPTER 15
TARGET
- Student will explain how biotic and abiotic factors interact within the biosphere, one of Earth’s four interconnected systems.
- Student will analyze, evaluate, make inferences, and predict trends from data.
- Student will describe Earth’s major biomes and their characteristics.
- Student will describe the major zones of Earth’s oceans and their characteristics.
- Student will describe and differentiates the characteristics of estuaries and freshwater ecosystems.
CHAPTER 16
TARGET
Student will describe the impact of human overpopulation on natural resources and the importance of resource managements.