Mrs. Gable will Assign these sections and will have copies for some students. We will be using this book for the Interdepence Unit. Students will be required to read and view the video (if available) before coming to class.
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Table of Contents
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1. Introduction to Ecology
Introduces definition of ecology and describes abiotic and biotic factors.
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2. Population Growth Patterns
Covers population growth and the factors that affect it.
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3. Population Growth Patterns
Covers different patterns of population growth.
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4. Population Structure
Describes how population pyramids and survivorship curves relate to population structure.
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5. Population Growth
Describes how rates of birth, death, immigration, and emigration affect population growth.
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6. Recent and Future Population Growth
Discusses recent human population growth and predictions of future population growth.
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7. Predation
Discusses how predation affects population size and evolution.
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8. Competition
Describes how interspecific competition affects extinction and specialization.
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9. Social Behavior of Animals
Overview of the different types of social behavior of animals.
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10. Flow of Energy
Describes how energy flows through an ecosystem.
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11. Food Chains and Food Webs
Describes how food chains and webs represent feeding relationships.
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12. Trophic Levels
Describes how to identify trophic levels in a food chain or food web.
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13. Adaptations- Stabilizing Selection, Disruptional Selection, and Directional Selection
Covers Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.
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14. Biodiversity
Describes the meaning of biodiversity.
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15. Importance of Biodiversity
Discusses the benefits of biodiversity.
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16. Human Actions and the Sixth Mass Extinction
Describes how human actions are resulting in a sixth mass extinction.