Integrative Biology
102: Lecture Outline
Energy Flows, Matter Cycles
Lecture Objectives
By the end of this lecture and
reading the text, you
should be
able to:
- give examples of biotic and abiotic
components
within an ecosystem.
- contrast and explain the flow of
energy and the cycling of matter in ecosystems.
- give an example of a food web.
- list the four basic types and functions of organic compounds in
living organisms.
- describe and diagram the carbon and
nitrogen cycles.
- list the anthropogenic changes to these cycles and describe the
effects of these changes.
- explain the concept of limiting
factors.
Reading: Ch. 3.
Terms
- omnivore
- herbivore
- carnivore
- biomass
- population
|
- food chain
- trophic levels
- community
- energy pyramid
|
- biogeochemical cycle
- nitrogen fixation
- nitrification
- denitrification
|
Movies:
Carbon
Cycle Cartoon
Carbon
Cycle and Global Warming
CO2
emissions
Greenhouse gas
Global
warming warning
Consequences
of Global Warming
Nitrogen
Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle Out
of Whack
1. Levels of
organization in the natural world
2. Abiotic
components
of ecosystems
3. Energy flows
4. Matter cycles
- Human food chain
- Types and functions of
organic
compounds
- Biogeochemical cycles
- Anthropogenic changes and effects
- Anthropogenic changes and effects
5.
Ecosystem
services
For the next lecture on Community
Relationships, read Ch. 4.
Be ready to answer these
questions:
- In what kind of
community relationships are you involved?
- What is important about biological diversity?
