Definitions may include, but are not limited to,
- abiotic factors
- autotroph
- behavioral requirement
- biochemical cycle
- biodiversity (genetic diversity, species diversity)
- biological community
- biomass
- biotic factors
- carrying capacity (biological and cultural)
- climax
- commensalism
- community
- consumer
- primary
- secondary
- tertiary
- decomposer
- differentiation
- ecological interactions (predation, competition, mutualism)
- ecological succession
- ecology
- ecosystem
- food chain
- fragmentation
- generalists
- habitat
- heterotroph
- keystone species
- limiting factors
- mutualism
- niche
- nitrogen cycle
- organism
- physiological requirement
- population
- predation
- producer
- range of tolerance
- Shelford’s law of tolerance
- specialists
- species
- symbiotic relationships
- systems and cycles
- trophic level.
Process/Skill Questions:
- How are an animal’s niche and its range of tolerance related?
- How does population compare with community?
- What is biodiversity, and why is it important?
- Why is fragmentation a potential problem for wildlife?
- What is the relationship between biological and cultural carrying capacity?
- What happens when two species share much, or all of, the same niche?
- What is a keystone species, and why are they important in an ecosystem?
Teacher Resource:
What is the Law of Tolerance?, Socratic