ECOLOGY

This course is organized into a number of units. Each unit contains lessons which will help you explore the main concepts within the topic. The lessons are designed to help you discover the answers to the key questions which are presented at the beginning of each section. Other links provide you with important vocabulary words necessary for understanding the topic and to resources available on the web.

 

Unit 1 - Principles of Ecology

Lesson 1

Organisms and their environments

Lesson 2

How organisms interact

Lesson 3

Exploring unique ecosystems

Lesson 4

Forest Ecology

Unit 2 - Population Dynamics

Lesson 1

Population growth

Lesson 2

Limits on population size

Lesson 3

The growing human population

Unit 3 - Energy Flow through the Biosphere

Lesson 1

Food chains and food webs

Lesson 2

Ecological pyramids

Lesson 3

Cycles of materials

Unit 4 - The Ecology of Communities

Lesson 1

Ecological succession

Lesson 2

Homeostasis in communities

Lesson 3

The niche

Unit 5 - Exploring Biomes, Oceans, and the Atmosphere

Lesson 1

Biomes of the world

Lesson 2

Ocean ecology

Lesson 3

Circulation of the atmosphere

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