HONORS BIOLOGY
ASSIGNMENT SHEET
CHAPTER 3 THE BIOSPHERE
Name __________________________ period ______
OBJECTIVES
1) Name the different levels of organization that ecologists study.
2) Describe the methods used to study ecology.
3) Identify the source of energy for life processes.
4) Trace the flow of energy through living systems.
5) Evaluate the efficiency of energy transfer among organisms in an ecosystem.
6) Describe how matter cycles among the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
7) Describe the water cycle, carbon cycle, and nitrogen cycle in detail.
8) Explain why nutrients are important in living systems.
9) Describe how availability of nutrients affects the productivity of ecosystems.
SCHEDULE
Wednesday 2-17 Notes,
Thursday 2-18 short video with quiz at end
Friday 2-19 Pages 23,27, and 28 in packet due Notes
Monday 2/22 Vocabulary Cards due
Tuesday2/23 AIMS Writing Test
Wednesday 2-24 AIMS Reading Test
Thursday 2-25 Vocab quiz part 1 pages 24,25,29 due
Friday 2-26 Pages 30-31 due notes on water cycle and carbon cycle
Monday 3/1 Skills activity
Tuesday 3/2 Vocab quiz part 2 pages 27 A and 28 B in packet due
Wednesday 3/3 Notes on nitrogen cycle and nutrient limitations pages 32-34 due
Thursday 3-4 pages 29 C and 30 D due finish any notes
Friday 3-5 review
Monday 3/8 TEST over ch 3 The Biosphere
VOCABULARY LIST
1. ecology 2. biosphere 3. species
4. population 5. community 6. ecosystem
7. biome 8. autotroph 9. producer
10. chemosynthesis 11. heterotroph 12. consumer
13. herbivore 14 carnivore 15. omnivore
16. detritivore 17. decomposer 18. food chain
19. food web 20. trophic level 21. ecological pyramid
22. biomass 23. biogeochemical cycle 24. evaporation
25. transpiration 26. nutrient 27. nitrogen fixation
28. denitrification 29. primary productivity 30. limiting nutrient
31. algal bloom