Ecosystems & Conservation Decisions — Chapter overview · Life Science: Biology, Grade 10
Analyze populations, food webs, cycles, disturbance, and evidence for conservation designs.
Chapter question
How can biological evidence guide decisions in changing ecosystems?
Units in this chapter
- Unit 8.1 · Populations & Communities
I can distinguish exponential from logistic population growth and explain what causes the difference.
- Unit 8.2 · Energy Flow in Ecosystems
I can classify organisms as autotrophs or heterotrophs and place them on trophic levels in a food web.
- Unit 8.3 · Biogeochemical Cycles
I can describe how carbon, nitrogen, and water move through their biogeochemical cycles.
- Unit 8.4 · Human Impact & Conservation
I can describe the major ways humans disrupt ecosystems — climate change, pollution, habitat loss, and invasive species — and how they threaten biodiversity.
- Unit 8.5 · Disturbance, Interactions & Ecosystem Change
I can explain how changing one population can affect several others.
- Unit 8.6 · Biodiversity Evidence & Conservation Design
I can compare biodiversity using standardized sampling and more than one measure.