Write out definitions for these ecological terms: based on chapter 2
- pesticides
- bioamplification
- photosynthesis & cellular respiration
- nitrogen fixation & denitrification
- nutrients
- fertilizer
- biotic potential
- carrying capacity
- Law of minimum & Law of tolerance
Questions to be done from the text
- Page 51 # 1, 5
- Page 58 # 1, 2, 4, 6, 9
- Page 65 # 1, 2, 4, 5, 8
- Page 69 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 13
- Page 76 # 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Page 80 # 2, 3, 4
Quiz Pointers
- what main elements make up organic compounds and reserviors
- carbon, water, nitrogen cycles
make sure you know the terminology (key words) for these cycles
use of phosphorus in living cells
- how nutrients are recycled in nature
- purpose of decomposers and examples
- pesticides and bioamplification
- photosynthesis and cellular respiration
- carrying capacity
- law of tolerance
- law of minimum
- biotic potential and factors that effect
- use of fertilizers
- Population changes, natality, mortality
Factors that limit population sizes