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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...

Alternate resource: https://elab.hpa.edu/apes/texts/fr3e/friedland-relyea-3rd-edition.pdf Scientific method: Key part of science is peer review and replication Peer review: qualified folks who know the subject well review the process, data and interpretation R...

summarize your cause and effect projects for presentation in day 2 of the week begin exploration of cause and effect begin readings from fr text chapter 1 (link below)FR3e chapter 1https://elab.hpa.edu/apes/texts/fr3e/fr3e_ch1.pdf Key concept: energy->water->f...

Many of these may be familiar to you, our goal is to make sure everyone is fluent with these ideas, which will make all of our other work make sense (along with many other things).We may break these down into smaller modules as needed, here are the main topics...

https://elab.hpa.edu/apes/texts/fr3e/fr3e_ch2.pdf Energy:  same as work don't care if it happens fast or slow, just lift the rocks calculate your mass in kg (lbs x 2.2) how high are the stairs? (meters) lifting your mass up the stairs is WORK: PE = mgh. (gravi...

Competition: one wins, one loses  Could be energy, food, mates, money, whatever Competitive exclusion principle: only one winner (assumes a limited resource) This impacts evolution: if there is overlap between two competitors for a limited resource, natural se...

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 ...

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...

Diversity vs. Uniformity biological cultural financial language food sources religious ethnic farming clothing Biodiversity: small to large Genetic Diversity: genetic variation among individuals in a population (e.g. redheads, blondes, black hair) Species Dive...