Goals
1.
Know
and correctly use the terms: Trophic
Level, Consumer, Producer, Decomposer, Food Web, Niche, Invasive Species,
Carrying Capacity, Biome
2.
Use concepts of feedback and carrying capacity to
explain population growth patterns.
3.
Predict effects of invasive species on an
ecosystem
4.
Describe multiple types of connections within an
ecosystem:
Food
webs, Trophic levels, Predator-prey
interactions.
5.
Describe steps in the water, nitrogen and carbon
cycles, including multiple paths for carbon cycling.
Assignments in Notebook
1. Duckweed Data Table
2. Notes on Food Webs
3. Food Webs, Populations and Invasive Species
4. Population Size and Feedback
5. Hmwk read 82-84. Q (p84) 3-5 due Monday
6. Notes on Biomes 7.Week 4-5 Review Worksheet Finish as homework
due Friday.
