Unit 2: Ecology-Learning Targets

1. I can identify how energy is stored in an ecosystem. (B3.2A)

2. I describe energy transfer through an ecosystem, accounting for energy lost to
the environment as heat. (B3.2B)
3. I can draw the flow of energy through an ecosystem. (B3.2C)
4. I can use a food web to identify and distinguish producers, consumers, and
decomposers and explain the transfer of energy through trophic levels. (B3.3A)
5. I can describe ecosystem stability using primary and secondary succession.
(B3.4A)
6. I can recognize and describe that a great diversity of species increases the
chance that at least some living organisms will survive in the face of natural
disasters. (B3.4B)
7. I can examine the negative impact of human activities on ecosystems
(greenhouse effect and global warming). (B3.4C, B3.4d, B3.4e)
8. I can graph changes in population growth. (B3.5A)
9. I can explain the influences that affect population growth. (B3.5B)
10. I can predict the consequences of an invading organism on the survival of other
organisms. (B3.5C)
11. I can provide examples of population, community, and ecosystem. (L3.p1A)
12. I can describe common relationships among organisms and provide examples of
predator/prey and parasite/host relationships. (L3.p2A)
13. I can describe common relationships between and among species and their
environments (competition, carrying capacity, population, abiotic/biotic factors).
(L3.p2CB)
14. I can describe the role of decomposers in the transfer of energy. (L3.p2C)
15. I can identify the factors in an ecosystem that influence fluctuations in population
size.
16. I can explain how biotic and abiotic factors cycle in an ecosystem (water, carbon,
oxygen, and nitrogen). (B3.3b)
17. I can recognize and describe how human beings are part of Earths ecosystems.
(L3.p4A)
18. I can describe different reproductive strategies employed by various organisms
and explain their advantages and disadvantages. (B3.5d)