Ecology AKS
10 - compare and contrast food/energy requirements of different organisms
10a - compare food requirements in autotrophs and heterotrophs
10b - illustrate food and energy requirements in autotrophs and heterotrophs
11 - examine the dependence of all organisms on one another and their environments (GPS)
11a - explain that sunlight is the source of energy for most food webs (GPS)
11b - demonstrate in a food web that matter is transferred from one organism to another and can be recycled between organisms and their environments (GPS)
11b1 - assess the role of producers, consumers and decomposers
11b2 - differentiate between the roles of herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores within a food chain or food web
11c - categorize relationships between organisms that are competitive or mutually beneficial (GPS)
11c1 - define and apply examples of relationships between organisms including predation, mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism
11c2 - examine the role of each partner in a symbiotic relationship
11c3 - evaluate how organisms and communities within a population compete for resources
11d - (Extension) trace and analyze the cycles of matter (nitrogen, carbon, oxygen, and water)
11e - (Extension) trace the path of a single carbon atom in the carbon cycle
11f – (Extension) create a fictitious symbiotic relationship based on ecological principles and explain how the relationship is competitive or mutually beneficial.
12 - describe the characteristics of Earth's major terrestrial biomes (tropical rain forest, savannah, temperate, desert, taiga, tundra and mountain) and aquatic communities (freshwater, estuaries and marine) (GPS, ITBS)
12a - give examples of adaptations organisms have which make them suited to life in specific biomes
12a1 - describe the climate and other abiotic and biotic factors of major biomes
12b - (Extension identify major ecological problems of the world’s biomes
12c - (Extension) examine the impact of humans on biomes and evaluate possible solutions
13 - describe how changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of both individuals and entire species and cause them to become endangered or extinct (GPS, ITBS, CE)
13a - (Extension) Identify specific actions that have caused trauma to ecosystems such as oil spills, pollution, habitat destructions, and global climate change, and analyze effectiveness of proposed solutions.
Bio 11a) investigate the relationships among organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, and biomes (GPS)
Bio 11b) explain the need for cycling of major nutrients (C,H,O,N,P) and identifying and illustrating the conservation of matter (GPS)
Bio 11b1) explain the flow of energy through an ecosystem by arranging the components of a food chain, energy pyramid and biomass pyramid (GPS)
Bio 11d) assess and explain human activities that influence and modify the environment such as global warming, population growth, pesticide use, and water/power consumption (GPS)
Bio 11e) relate plant adaptations, including tropisms, to the ability to survive stressful environmental conditions (GPS)
Bio 11f) relate animal adaptations, including behaviors, to the ability to survive stressful environmental conditions (GPS)
10a - compare food requirements in autotrophs and heterotrophs
10b - illustrate food and energy requirements in autotrophs and heterotrophs
11 - examine the dependence of all organisms on one another and their environments (GPS)
11a - explain that sunlight is the source of energy for most food webs (GPS)
11b - demonstrate in a food web that matter is transferred from one organism to another and can be recycled between organisms and their environments (GPS)
11b1 - assess the role of producers, consumers and decomposers
11b2 - differentiate between the roles of herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores within a food chain or food web
11c - categorize relationships between organisms that are competitive or mutually beneficial (GPS)
11c1 - define and apply examples of relationships between organisms including predation, mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism
11c2 - examine the role of each partner in a symbiotic relationship
11c3 - evaluate how organisms and communities within a population compete for resources
11d - (Extension) trace and analyze the cycles of matter (nitrogen, carbon, oxygen, and water)
11e - (Extension) trace the path of a single carbon atom in the carbon cycle
11f – (Extension) create a fictitious symbiotic relationship based on ecological principles and explain how the relationship is competitive or mutually beneficial.
12 - describe the characteristics of Earth's major terrestrial biomes (tropical rain forest, savannah, temperate, desert, taiga, tundra and mountain) and aquatic communities (freshwater, estuaries and marine) (GPS, ITBS)
12a - give examples of adaptations organisms have which make them suited to life in specific biomes
12a1 - describe the climate and other abiotic and biotic factors of major biomes
12b - (Extension identify major ecological problems of the world’s biomes
12c - (Extension) examine the impact of humans on biomes and evaluate possible solutions
13 - describe how changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of both individuals and entire species and cause them to become endangered or extinct (GPS, ITBS, CE)
13a - (Extension) Identify specific actions that have caused trauma to ecosystems such as oil spills, pollution, habitat destructions, and global climate change, and analyze effectiveness of proposed solutions.
Bio 11a) investigate the relationships among organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, and biomes (GPS)
Bio 11b) explain the need for cycling of major nutrients (C,H,O,N,P) and identifying and illustrating the conservation of matter (GPS)
Bio 11b1) explain the flow of energy through an ecosystem by arranging the components of a food chain, energy pyramid and biomass pyramid (GPS)
Bio 11d) assess and explain human activities that influence and modify the environment such as global warming, population growth, pesticide use, and water/power consumption (GPS)
Bio 11e) relate plant adaptations, including tropisms, to the ability to survive stressful environmental conditions (GPS)
Bio 11f) relate animal adaptations, including behaviors, to the ability to survive stressful environmental conditions (GPS)