ecosystems+unit+handouts+and+notes

toc = Ecosystems Unit Test Outline & Text Book Pages = View the test outline here: SNC 1D1 Ecology Test Outline. Remember: your test is either on Wednesday, May 26 (day 1/3) or Thursday, May 27 (day 2/4).

=SNC 1D1 Ecosystem Unit=

There are two big ideas that should guide your studies of grade 9 biology:
 * Ecosystems are dynamic and have the ability to respond to change, within limits, while maintaining their ecological balance.
 * People have the responsibility to regulate their impact on the sustainability of ecosystems in order to preserve them for future generations.

1. Biotic and abiotic factors
Download the worksheet. Note that you cannot complete the questions using //Science 9//. The questions and pages refer to the new (orange) textbook that's only available during class.

2. Cycles: Water, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus
Download the water cycle worksheet. Answers to the blanks.

3. Photosynthesis
Stay tuned for the notes and worksheets.

4. Bioaccumulation & trophic levels
Download the worksheet for bioaccumulation.

Notes by Mr. McGill: ..

Water Pollution
Gizmo Lesson



5. Homework assignment
For homework please complete questions 1-16, 18-26 and 31 on the chapter 1 review package (Thursday and Friday, 29 & 30 April).

6. Population and resources
Lesson to run on 3rd & 4th of May. Note that there is some overlap with a lesson Mr. McGill taught a few days earlier. Mr. Dunbar's Notes

7. Biodiversity
Notes on biodiversity

8. Threats to biodiversity
Notes on threats to biodiversity Friday, 7/5/10 and Monday, 10/5/10.

9. Restoring ecology
Tuesday, 11/5/10 and Wednesday, 12/5/10. Notes on restoring ecology

10. Ecological footprint
Notes on ecological footprint Check out [|Zerofootprint.net].