Biology Worksheet –

Ecology and Energy

Part 1 – Complete the following exercises:

Draw an ecology system, providing example (with picture, if possible) of the ecological study, from
organism to the whole Earth planet.
Aside put name and description of each ecological step.
Ecological step Definition
What is the Dispersion and what are the main pattern of Dispersion? Provide concrete examples found in
nature.
Pattern name Model Description

How can a population in a habitat grow? What are the factors that can provide a growth and what are the
factors instead that cause a loss in the population?
What is an exponential growth in a curve? Can you provide a concrete example?

Why an habitat cannot provide limitless growth? What are the two strategy found in growth? Make
examples.
Strategy #1 Example

Strategy #2 Example

Considering the upper two groups, which modality of reproduction would fit the most in the first case and
which would fit the most in the second? And why?
What do we mean for competition (No, it is not a basketball match!!!) in nature? What are the main
characters in the competition in a habitat?

What is predation? Wha does it imply?

How can animal protect themselves from predation? Provide concrete examples.
Protection #1 Example

Protection #2 Example

Protection #3 Example

Protection #4 Example

Protection #5 Example
What do we mean with:
Mutualism Example

Commensalism Example

Parasitism Example

Draw a nice and clean example of Food chain here and...

Food web here

What is the biological magnification? With the help of a concrete example happening in our seas, provide a
description on this huge problem for the human beings.
What are the primary and secondary succession?

There are tens of different biomes to pick, here there are 4 squares, provide a description of 4 biomes, with
potential dwellers, characteristics, climate adn location on the Earth (anything you know, basically!)

What is in your opinion the most important biogeochemical cycle? Why? Provide a schematic description.
In the PPTs and summarizing file there is plenty of cases and definition of how heavily impacting is human
life and activity on the ecosystem. Pick at least 3 of them that are currently affecting Taiwan, on the left side
describe the phenomenon, location and causes, on the right side provide, in your opinion, how can we fix the
problem.
Problem Solution