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Bio-geo-chemical cycles: bio=life, geo=earth, chemical=chemical These are cycles as the go from some reservoir through the environment and back These are known as sources and sinks Often the reservoir will be the key to identifying the cycle Carbon cycle: air ...

The Bio modules: mod 6 Net Primary Productivity mod 7 trophic levels mod 1 competition mod 8 biodiversity-M&Ms mod 9 ecosystem services mod 10 biogeography mod 11 ecological tolerance mod 12 disruptions mod 13 adaptation mod 14 ecological succession mod 15 pop...

All individuals have an ecological tolerance Their best place is called a fundamental niche: a place where they not only survive, or survive and grow, but can reproduce: Unavailable Apple Wiki media: the exported data did not include file 71eb2a26-5fe1-4510-9a...

Population growth rates r selected (r means rate) species grow exponentially until they reach or exceed the carrying capacity of the ecosystem (fish, bacteria) K selected species grow slowly and reach the carrying capacity (humans, whales, elephants) Carrying ...

Welcome back!Today: review semester exam #2: 9, 27, 42, 64, 73, 79 note taking: how, why, best practices sem 2 overview: human pop, energy, health, green building read chapter 6, cengage text (human populations) read module 22, FR3e (HW) prep for country choic...

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Recall: troph = food Autotrophs make their own food (photosynthesis) Examples: plants Trophic levels explain how energy (food) moves up through a food chain Simple food chain: think of Madagascar... Unavailable Apple Wiki media: the exported data did not inclu...

Module 18-abundance and distribution Start with this: Screenshot 2024-11-12 at 5.33.08 PM.pngA crude example of this might be: individual-you population-HPA  students community-HPA ecosystem-education biosphere-the world or: some rabbit individual some of the ...

Cengage chapter 5: biodiversity and evolution notes Screenshot 2024-11-17 at 5.57.11 AM.png Four kinds of biodiversity: why we studied Shannon's index as a relative metric species diversity: number and abundance of species in an ecosystem  genetic diversity: g...

cengage chapter 5: population ecology Five main types of species interactions: interspecific competition predation parasitism mutualism commensalismInterspecific competition: two species, niches overlap, compete for resources (e.g. humans and many animals)Reso...

r, K lab: small plate “pond” bowl with goldfish “reservoir” don’t eat the goldfish-you will need them later… start with one fish double number of fish each reproductive cycle after each cycle, when one fish touches another, both “die” and are removed graph tot...

Predator-prey lab: Goldfish “prey” sticky note “predators” (any color) large plate “pond” create an ecosystem “pond”  start with one fish each cycle, double the number of fish then drop a sticky note on the  plate. If the sticky note touches a fish, next cycle...

passive vs. active: define why is passive better? How can you tell active from passive? Which systems fail with no power cost? benefits? intangibles? Extreme examples: elab vs. typical office building Points for including each of these into your design Researc...

Energy labs PV panels: PV efficiency Solar thermal panels: power output and efficiency, thermal camera Cottage hot water heater: thermal camera, look for leaks Tea maker: power, kWh, cost per cup of tea, egauge, kill-a-watt Superthermos: radiation, conduction,...

Dream green home summary report: You will evaluate three projects and create 4 email messages: One email to each project creator (10 points each), and a summary email to me, which will be worth 50 points For each creator email, evaluate their project on these ...

Folks, please review these Free Response questions from 2024 and 2023. Look for the following: notice how the depth of each question increases with each section notice what subjects are combined into one question note how they are graded-see me for grading sta...

Withgott ch. 1 science and sustainability https://elab.hpa.edu/apes/texts/Withgott7e%20v.2%20ocr/ch1ocr.pdf why was the 1968 photo so enlightening? how are renewable and non-renewable resources different? how did the agricultural revolution change how humans a...

 https://elab.hpa.edu/apes/_pdf/cengage/chapters/ Look for chapter 2 Primitive societies at one time would sacrifice food, animals or even people to ensure a good harvest, good weather, or other things. If the harvest was good, was this causation or correlatio...