Ecology: Chapter 47, 48 & 49
Objectives
Activities
Page Numbers
1. Describe the levels of
ecological organization.
 Ecological Organization Notes
2. Describe biotic and abiotic
components of an ecosystem.
 Biotic and Abiotic Components
47-1: pg 1007-1010: Earth:
Notes
A Living Planet.
 Biotic / Abiotic Picture Example
3. Describe how energy flows
through an ecosystem.
 Energy Flow Notes
 Food Web Examples
47-4: pg 1021-1027:
Energy and Nutrients:
Building the Web of Life.
 Biotic Interaction Notes
 Predator / Prey Laboratory
48-2: pg 1035-1040:
Factors that Control
Population Growth.
48-3 pg 1040-1042:
Interactions within and
Between Communities.
5. Describe how matter recycles
through an ecosystem.
 Recycling of Matter Notes
 Biochemical Cycles Worksheet
47-4: pg 1021-1027:
Energy and Nutrients:
Building the Web of Life.
6. Describe how ecosystems
change in response to natural
and human disturbances.
 Ecosystem Response Notes
Chapter 49: pg 1048-1075:
People and the Biosphere.
4. Describe biotic interactions in
an ecosystem.
7. Describe the effects of
limiting factors on population
dynamics and potential
species extinction.
 Limiting Factors notes
 Ecosystem Interactions Internet
Activities
47-1: pg 1007-1010: Earth:
A Living Planet.
48-2: pg 1035-1040:
Factors that Control
Population Growth.
Important Vocabulary:
Organism
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biome
Biosphere
Biotic / Abiotic
Food Chain / Web
Energy Pyramid
Producer
Consumer
Decomposer
Competition
Niche
Predation
Predator / Prey
Symbiosis
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Density Dependent / Independent
Species Extinction
Endangered Species
Ozone
Global Warming
Invasive Species
Pollution
Biodiversity
Biochemical Cycle