Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
Chapter #1 – “Hooknose”
Chapter #2 – “The Five Houses of Salmon”
Chapter #3 – “New Values for the Land and
Water”
Chapter #4 – “The Industrial Economy
Enters the Northwest”
In-class Discussion Readers:
Chapter #1 - Me
Chapter #2 – David Dudley
Chapter #3 – Elizabeth Goodrich
Chapter #4 – James McLeod
Chapter #5 – Labecca Hampton and Jessica Vidal
Chapter #6 – Patrick Grennan and Scott Arnold
Chapter #7 – William Arnold
Chapter #8 – Crisy Overgard
Chapter #9 – Juan Rodriguez
Ecology
o Ecology
• “eco” house & “logy” study of
• The study of interactions among and between organisms
in their abiotic environment
• Broadest field in biology
o Biotic- living environment
• Includes all organisms
o Abiotic- non living or physical environment
• Includes living space, sunlight, soil, precipitation, etc.
Ecology
o Biology is very
organized.
o Ecologists are
interested in
the levels of
life above that
of organism.
Ecological Definitions
o Species
• A group of similar organisms whose members freely interbreed.
o Population
• A group of organisms of the same species that occupy that live in
the same area at the same time.
o Community
• Al the populations of different species that live and interact in the
same area at the same time.
o Ecosystem
• A community and its physical (abiotic) environment.
o Landscape
• Several interacting ecosystems.
Ecology
o The biosphere contains earth’s communities, ecosystems
and landscapes, and includes:
• Atmosphere- gaseous
envelope surrounding
earth
• Hydrosphere- earth’s
supply of water
• Lithosphere- soil and
rock of the earth’s crust
Energy
o The ability or capacity to
do work
• Chemical, radiant, thermal,
mechanical, nuclear,
electrical
o Energy exists as either:
• Stored energy (potential
energy)
• Kinetic energy (energy of
motion)
Thermodynamics
C6H12O6 + 6 H2O + 6 O2
o Energy captured by plants via photosynthesis is
transferred to the organisms that eat the plants
Cellular Respiration
Chapter #1 - Me
Chapter #2 – David Dudley
Chapter #3 – Elizabeth Goodrich
Chapter #4 – James McLeod
Chapter #5 – Labecca Hampton and Jessica Vidal
Chapter #6 – Patrick Grennan and Scott Arnold
Chapter #7 – William Arnold
Chapter #8 – Crissy Overgard
Chapter #9 – Juan Rodriguez
Readings last Week and this
Week: