Biology A Learning Targets
Unit 2: Community Ecology
1. I can define and give an example of each:
Abiotic
Autotroph
Biomes
Biosphere
Biotic
Carnivore
Commensalism
Community
Competition
Consumer
Decomposer
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Detritivore
Ecology
Ecosystem
Food Chain
Food Web
Habitat
Herbivore
Heterotroph
Limiting factor
Mutualism
Niche
Omnivore
Parasitism
Population
Predator
Producer
Scavenger
Symbiosis
I can list the levels of ecological organization in order starting with the smallest & explain each
I can differentiate between habitat and niche
I can create a food chain with at least 4 trophic levels
I can create a food web from a list of organisms
I can organize organisms by trophic level
I can identify the 3 types of ecological pyramids and understand what they mean to an ecosystem
I can explain that energy is lost as heat when it is transferred between trophic levels
I can predict how changes to one trophic level will affect those above or below it (e.g. overhunting)
I can identify the key components to the carbon-oxygen and nitrogen cycle.