Lecture #2
General
Science I
Online Resources: http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/9k.html
http://cgee.hamline.edu/see/questions/dp_biosphere/bios_place/dp_bios_place_land_.htm
Ecology
Environment
Influences
Abiotic
Biotic
Studying
Ecology: behavior, physiology,
morphology – how does the organism meet the challenges of their environment
Organism
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Ecology in
the past & future
Ecology
& evolution
Terrestrial
Biomes
http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/aencmed/targets/maps/map/T012612A.gif
Biosphere
Biomes
List of
biomes: tropical forest, savanna,
desert, extreme desert, chaparral, temperate grassland, temperate deciduous
forest, taiga – conifer forest, tundra – arctic / alpine
Boundaries:
Disturbances
1.
Tropical thorn forest
Tropical deciduous forest
Tropical rain forest
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cgee.hamline.edu/see/questions/dp_biosphere/bios_place/bios_grasslands.jpg&imgrefurl=http://cgee.hamline.edu/see/questions/dp_biosphere/bios_place/dp_bios_place_land_.htm&h=440&w=575&sz=140&tbnid=fZalNFeVv6kJ:&tbnh=101&tbnw=131&start=3&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dterrestrial%2Bbiomes%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D
2.
Savanna http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/images/savanna.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/9k.html&h=396&w=576&sz=149&tbnid=6Jp6BYUq3zYJ:&tbnh=90&tbnw=130&start=11&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dterrestrial%2Bbiomes%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D
3.
Where:
Soil:
Plants:
Climate:
Animals:
4.
Desert
Where
Soil
Plants
Climate
Animals
5.
Chaparral
Where
Soil
Plants
Climate
Animals
6.
Temperate
Grasslands http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cgee.hamline.edu/see/questions/dp_biosphere/bios_place/bios_grasslands.jpg&imgrefurl=http://cgee.hamline.edu/see/questions/dp_biosphere/bios_place/dp_bios_place_land_.htm&h=440&w=575&sz=140&tbnid=fZalNFeVv6kJ:&tbnh=101&tbnw=131&start=3&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dterrestrial%2Bbiomes%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D
Where
Soil
Plants
Climate
Animals
7.
Temperate
Deciduous
Where
Soil
Plants
Climate
Animals
8.
Taiga
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cgee.hamline.edu/see/questions/dp_biosphere/bios_place/bios_grasslands.jpg&imgrefurl=http://cgee.hamline.edu/see/questions/dp_biosphere/bios_place/dp_bios_place_land_.htm&h=440&w=575&sz=140&tbnid=fZalNFeVv6kJ:&tbnh=101&tbnw=131&start=3&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dterrestrial%2Bbiomes%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D
Where
Soil
Plants
Climate
Animals
9.
Tundra
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.uic.edu/classes/bios/bios101/ecologie/img030.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.uic.edu/classes/bios/bios101/ecologie/sld030.htm&h=450&w=600&sz=29&tbnid=BJ8j2ujzRo8J:&tbnh=99&tbnw=132&start=23&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dterrestrial%2Bbiomes%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN
Where
Soil
Plants
Climate
Animals