Slide 1Ecology Slide 2 Biodiversity Slide 3 Slide 4 Habitats Slide 5 Alterations to Habitats Slide 6 Cycling of Materials in Ecosystems Make a list of anything you have used…

Slide 1Chapter 4 Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work? Slide 2 ECOLOGY Ecology is the study of the connection between organisms and their living and non-living…

Slide 1 Slide 2 CST Review Standard 4 Energy enters the Earth system primarily as solar radiation and eventually escapes as heat. a.Know the relative amount of incoming solar…

Slide 1Water Quality Indicators A selection Slide 2 pH Relative concentration of (in water) –Hydrogen ions H+ –Hydroxide ions OH- pH Scale is logarithmic (as you go up…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Write YES if it is a part of a cycle Write NO if it is NOT part of a cycle After each answers, write down a number 1-3. 3 = VERY SURE 2 = NOT SO SURE 1 =…

Slide 1How Ecosystems Work Part II Nutrient Cycling & Change in Ecosystems Slide 2 Carbon Cycle The process by which carbon is cycled between the atmosphere, land water,…

Slide 1Microbes in the environment F2, p. 304 Slide 2 Microbes in ecosystems F.2.1, p. 304 Slide 3 Did you know? Just one gram of soil contains 5000 to 7000 different species…

Slide 1Cycles of Matter Slide 2 Cycles of Matter: Why? Because we have a fixed amount of STUFF (matter) on this planet, and no new stuff is being added from the universe…

Slide 1Go to Section: Levels Within Levels An ecosystem is a collection of all the organisms that live in a particular place, together with their nonliving, or physical,…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Earths 4 Spheres air life water earth/rocks Slide 3 The Water Cycle Slide 4 Evaporation Condensation Precipitation Human Uses Human Waste Groundwater Runoff…