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UNIT 2: The Living World: Energy Flow                  and Ecosystems

This unit includes Chapter 4, 5, 6, and 7 from the textbook.  

Scroll down for PPTs, review videos, animations, and diagrams.

Note:  Special thanks and acknowledgement to the staff at Pearson for providing the information and diagrams for the PPTs.  Also, thanks to Ted Ed for the videos.

Ch.11 is a chapter you will read at home.  Below is the PPT for it:

Ch.4:From Chemistry to Energy to Life

In Class PowerPoints:

Please download the PPTs and study them to class, as a means of taking notes.  We will be moving through them in numeric order and each PPT is roughly timed for one day of class.  Click on the buttons to the right to access the PPTs.

Why Don't Oil and Water Mix?

Vermicomposting: How Worms Can Reduce Our Waste:

How Polarity Makes Water Behave Strangely:

Half-Life and Radioactive Decay:

Water and Life:

From DNA to Silly Putty, the Diverse World of Polymers:

Sea of Plastic - Captain Charles Moore:

2nd Law of Thermodynamics:

Energy Transfer and Efficiency:

Geothermal 101:

The Origin of Life - Scientific Evidence:

Fossil Fuels 101:

Biodiesel: The Afterlife of Oil

How Atoms Bond:

The Strengths & Weaknesses of Acids and Bases:

Oxygen Isotopes and the Paleoclimate Record:

DNA: The Book of You:

What Really Happens To The Plastic You Throw Away - Emma Bryce:

A Guide to the Energy of the Earth - Joshua M. Sneideman:

What Is Entropy?:

The Simple Story of Photosynthesis and Food:

Could Comets Be The Source of Life on Earth?:

Fossils and Evidence for Evolution:

Formation of Fossil Fuels:

Fossil Fuels - Bozeman Science:

Ch.5: Evolution, Biodiversity, and Population Ecology

In Class PowerPoints:

Please download the PPTs and study them, as a means of taking notes.  We will be moving through them in numeric order and each PPT is roughly timed for one day of class.  Click on the buttons to the right to access the PPTs.

Natural Selection:

Speciation:

Why Is Biodiversity So Important?:

Population Pyramid:

Exponential Growth:

Can Wildlife Adapt to Climate Change?:

When Will The Next Mass Extinction Occur?:

Ecosystem Diversity:

Population Ecology:

Wolf Conservation Center:

Ch.6: Species Interactions and Community Ecology

In Class PowerPoints:

Please download the PPTs and study them, as a means of taking notes.  We will be moving through them in numeric order and each PPT is roughly timed for one day of class.  Click on the buttons to the right to access the PPTs.

Populations (Interactions):

Symbiosis - A Surprising Tale of Species Cooperation:

From The Top of the Food Chain Down:

Primary Producers:

Trophic Levels - Producers vs. Consumers:

How Wolves Change Landscapes:

5 Extremely Invasive Species:

Ecological Succession:

The Rebirth of Yellowstone - Born From Fire:

How Squids Outsmart Their Predators:

The Hidden Beauty of Pollination:

Energy Flow in Ecosystems:

Ecological Pyramids:

Food Chains, Trophic Levels, and Ecological Pyramids:

The Threat of Invasive Species:

Natural Ecosystem Change:

Life Returns to Mt. St. Helens:

Ecosystem Ecology:

Biome Links:

Click the button below to check out Mr. Crowley's website, for links to information about biomes.

Thank you to Mr. Crowley for providing this information.

Ch.7: Environmental Systems and Ecosystem Ecology

In Class PowerPoints:

Please download the PPTs and study them, as a means of taking notes.  We will be moving through them in numeric order and each PPT is roughly timed for one day of class.  Click on the buttons to the right to access the PPTs.

Guld of Mexico Hypoxia:

What Is An Estuary?

Biogeochemical Cycles:

Nitrogen Cycle:

Feedback Loops:

The Carbon Cycle:

Biogeochemical Cycles (Hydro & Carbon):

Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur Cycles:

Nitrogen Cycle:

NASA:  Keeping Up With Carbon:

The Phosphorus Challenge:

What Is Eutrophication?

Where We Get Our Fresh Water:

Freshwater Scarcity - An Introduction To The Problem:

Geological Systems

Click the buttons below to check out other pages of this website, for links to information about rocks and plate tectonics.

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