Module 5 Environment
Revision
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Click on internet lessons, then Module 5 revision
Energy flow through ecosystems
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Go to Energy transfer
Remind yourself of the definitions for:
Biomass………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
GPP………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
NPP………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Go to Principles of ecology quiz to test yourself (easy!)
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Go to How ecosystems work – then try the self-quiz (slightly more difficult!)
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Go to Life – select activity 56.2 and try to label the diagram
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Go to Ecological pyramids to remind yourself of the three different types:
Pyramids of number
Pyramids of biomass
Pyramids of energy
Recycling of nutrients
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Go to Chemicals cycle within ecosystems – look through the resources on the right
of the screen and try some of the quizzes
Go to The nitrogen cycle for basic information on this cycle
Go to Nitrogen cycle quiz and have a go.
Studying ecosystems
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Go to biological sampling
Remind yourself of the difference between:Random and systematic sampling………………………………………………………………………………………….
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Belt transects and line transects…………………………………………………………………………………………
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Go to Stats questions and answer them?
What type of data is tested using a chi-squared test?…………………………………………………
Dynamics of ecosystems
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Go to Population dynamics
Give definitions for:Population density……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Carrying capacity………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Go to Essential Study Partner – select ecology from the list of topics, and look
through the chapters on Populations and Communities, including the quizzes
Human Influences on the Environment
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Go to fertilisers. Read the information, answer the questions, try the inorganic
and organic fertiliser quiz. Then follow the link at the top of the page to
“problems with fertilisers”.
What is leaching?……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Finally follow the link on the left of the page to questions on sewage pollution.
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Go to Biological magnification of DDT and answer the questions.
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Finally, go to Angel or Devil to calculate your own contribution to damaging the
environment!
General revision on this topic
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Go to S-cool ecological concepts - try the past exam questions.