Review: Some Basic Biology Chapter 4. Photosynthesis.

Review: Some Basic Biology

Chapter 4

Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis converts solar energy into chemical energy

Food web

Energy enters here

Food chain

Energy enters here

Energy Lost

Food chain

Nutrients Cycle

Food chain

Individual

Population

Community

Ecosystem

A sea turtle’s tears are about salt excretion

Many organisms live toward the upper end of their thermal tolerance

Life History

Niche

Asexual Reproduction

Reproduction

Asexual reproduction produces clones

Reproduction Sexual reproduction involves genetic recombination

Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

Darwin proposed Natural Selection as hypothesis to explain functioning of evolution in 1859

Evolution

Classification

Homo sapiens

Tursiops truncatus