Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Section 2.1, Energy in Ecosystems
Summary: Today we studied
Homework: Read the text 2.1 and
- the 4 trophic levels in an ecosystem: the producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer
- the different kinds of consumers in an ecosystem, including: herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, detrivore, decomposer.
- a food pyramid of biomass, and explored how abiotic factors may change the pyramid shape.
Homework: Read the text 2.1 and
- make a list of vocabulary words (in bold) and their meanings.
- Do practice questions from section 2.1 in the BC provincial exam study guide for biology unit. do the fill in the blanks and the multiple choice questions. The answer key is at the end of the document so check your work.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Summary of our Carbon lesson
This is a summary of our notes today (below). You can see that glucose production and consumption are driving forces for many of our adaptations. You eat, breathe, and get rid of waste to serve some basic biochemistry going on inside your cells.
CARBON
IN AN ECOSYTEM
CARBON
HAS 3 IMPORTANT ROLES IN AN ECOSYSTEM
1.
CARBON
IS A BUILDING BLOCK for all life
2.
CARBON
IS USED AS FUEL FOR ENERGY
3.
CARBON
IS RECYCLED WITHIN THE ECOSYSTEM AND ON EARTH
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