Name:_____________________________

SB5. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to assess the interdependence of all organisms on one another
and their environment.
a. Plan and carry out investigations and analyze data to support explanations about factors affecting biodiversity and
populations in ecosystems. (Clarification statement: Factors include population size, carrying capacity, response to
limiting factors, and keystone species.)
How does quantity of organisms affect populations?
Describe carrying capacity.
Name some limiting factors and how they affect populations.
What is a keystone species? What happens if it is removed from an ecosystem?
b. Develop and use models to analyze the cycling of matter and flow of energy within ecosystems through the processes
of photosynthesis and respiration.
Type of Relationships (mutualism, parasitism, commensalism)
Photosynthesis (end products and raw materials)
Cellular Respiration (end products and raw materials)
Glycolysis gives you how much ATP?
Electron Transport Chain (ETC) is responsible for what part of cellular respiration?
Aerobic respiration vs Anaerobic Respiration (what element makes them different)

Arranging components of a food web according to energy flow.

Create a food web
Label the parts of the food web

Comparing the quantity of energy in the steps of an energy pyramid.

Compare and contrast a food chain and a food web.
How much energy goes up the energy pyramid?
What type of information is in a biomass pyramid? How does it compare to the numbers pyramid?

Explaining the need for cycling of major biochemical elements (C, O, N, P, and H).
What is the significance of the Nitrogen Cycle?
Describe the significance of Nitrogen fixation? Who does it?
What role do carbon and phosphorus play in our bodies?

c. Construct an argument to predict the impact of environmental change on the stability of an ecosystem.
What would Happen If.?
What is an ecosystem?
What happens if an ecosystem is destroyed? How do you prevent ecosystem destruction?

d. Design a solution to reduce the impact of a human activity on the environment. (Clarification statement: Human
activities may include chemical use, natural resources consumption, introduction of non-native species, greenhouse gas
production.)
Can you list 5 ways humans impact the environment and solutions for each.

e. Construct explanations that predict an organisms ability to survive within changing environmental limits (e.g.,
temperature, pH, drought, fire).
What is succession (primary vs. secondary)?
What is the significance of an adaptation?
What causes changes in a population (emigration vs. immigration)?