Ecology Picture / Drawing Assignment

You are to either take a picture and print it out or draw a picture involving some aspect of ecology.  You can be as creative as you want, but you have to make it relate to a part of the Utah State Biology Core Curriculum listed below.  Attached to the picture/drawing, you need to write a paragraph explaining how your picture relates to an objective below.

If you choose to draw, it has to be neat and obvious as to what is in the picture.

If you choose to take a picture, it has to be extremely obvious why it’s ecology and large enough to see.

Due October 19

 

Objective 1:  Summarize how energy flows through an ecosystem.

a.       Arrange components of a food chain according to energy flow.

b.       Compare the quantity of energy in the steps of an energy pyramid.

c.       Describe strategies used by organisms to balance the energy expended to obtain food to the energy gained from the food

d.       Compare the relative energy output expended by an organism in obtaining food to the energy gained from the food

e.       Research food production in various parts of the world

Objective 2:  Explain relationships between matter cycles and organisms.

a.       Use diagrams to trace the movement of matter through a cycle (i.e., carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, water) in a variety of biological communities and ecosystems.

b.       Explain how water is a limiting factor in various ecosystems.

c.       Distinguish between inference and evidence in a newspaper, magazine, journal, or Internet article that addresses an issue related to human impact on cycles of matter in an ecosystem and determine the bias in the article.

d.       Evaluate the impact of personal choices in relation to the cycling of matter within an ecosystem (e.g., impact of automobiles on the carbon cycle, impact on landfills of processed and packaged foods).

Objective 3:  Describe how interactions among organisms and their environment help shape ecosystems.

a.       Categorize relationships among living things according to predator-prey, competition, and symbiosis.

b.       Formulate and test a hypothesis specific to the effect of changing one variable upon another in a small ecosystem.

c.       Use data to interpret interactions among biotic and abiotic factors within an ecosystem.

d.       Investigate an ecosystem using methods of science to gather quantitative and qualitative data that describe the ecosystem in detail.

e.       Research and evaluate local and global practices that affect ecosystems.