Ecology Work Sheet
Number Three

Definitions

From Chapter 3

1. Biome
2. Permafrost
3. Sustainable system
4. Litter
5. Topsoil
6. Subsoil
7. Percolation
8. Water table
9. Leaching
10. Monoculture
11. Forestry practices: Clear-cutting & Selective cutting
12. Acid deposition or precipitation

Questions

Questions from chapter 3

1. Page 93 # 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10
2. Page 96 # 1, 3
3. Page 99 # 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
4. Page 110 # 1, 2, 3, 5
5. Page 115 # 1, 3, 4
6. Page 118 # 1, 2, 3, 5

Due Date:    Nov 30 / May 13

1. Know the different features of our Canadian biomes, lots here and many questions
2. What is a sustainable ecosystem?
3. Know your soil horizons and what they are comprized of
4. Soil acidic or basic, how would you correct the problem?
5. Agriculture and food production, various facts page 106
6. Monocultures, what are they and how to control pests
7. Forestry practices, logging with replanting, clearcutting etc.
8. Acid rain: its sorces and its destructiveness in the environment