Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5 Part 1
Unit 5 Part 2
- Relationships between species (symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, competition, predation)
- Biodiversity, biodiversity hotspots
- Carbon cycle (photosynthesis, respiration, sinks)
- Nitrogen Cycle (diagram, nitrogen compounds in each step)
- Hydrologic cycle (infiltration, transpiration, sublimation, percolation, etc.)
- Limiting factors (examples from aquatic biomes)
- Calculating GPP and NPP
- Trophic levels
- Law of conservation of matter, Laws of thermodynamics, 10% rule
- Food webs
Unit 2
- Effects of environmental stressors on biodiversity
- Calculating biological diversity
- Species richness and evenness
- Results of a lack of genetic diversity
- Effects of slash and burn agriculture
- Theory of Island Biogeography
- Keystone species (examples)
- Graph and Data Analysis
- Succession (Primary, Secondary, Pioneer species)
Unit 3
- Specialists and Generalists
- K- and r- selected species
- Survivorship curves
- Carrying capacity
- Overshoot
- Population growth rates (graphs and calculations)
- Age Structure diagrams
- Total Fertility Rates (TFR)
- Rule of 70
- Demographic Transition
Unit 4
- Plate Boundaries (locations/actions/landforms)
- Soil erosion
- Turbidity
- Lab Skills (independent variable, dependent variable, control)
- Soil texture (triangle, properties)
- Atmosphere Layers (order, properties)
- Global atmospheric circulation (patterns, relation to Biomes, 3D diagram in your notes)
- Seasons
- Lake-effect snow
- El Nino
Unit 5 Part 1
- Pesticides (treadmill, resistance, IPM)
- GM crops
- Irrigation methods
- Meat production
- Overfishing
- Aquaculture
Unit 5 Part 2
- Tragedy of the Commons
- Clear-cutting
- Sustainable Forestry
- Surface mining (strip-mining, mountaintop removal, cost analysis)
- Watersheds
- Stormwater runoff (causes, mitigation)
- Ecological Footprint
- Sustainability
- Urbanization