EO1

 **__ESSENTIAL UNIT 1 (E01) __**  (Ecology and the Environment) (June 2011)
 * __Unit Statement __****: **In this unit the student will explore how organism interact within various ecosystems and gain a solid understanding of terms and biological and chemical processes associated with ecosystems and interactions between living and non-living things.

Essential Outcomes: 1. The Student Will identify the needs that must be met by an organism’s surroundings. (1.1) 2. TSW identify biotic and abiotic parts of a habitat and explain how an ecosystem is organized.(1.1) 3. TSW describe how populations change in size and explain why certain factors limit growth of a population. (1.2) 4. TSW explain how adaptations help organisms survive and describe specific examples of adaptations in different environments. (1.3) 5. TSW define competition and predation and give specific examples of each. (1.3) 6. TSW identify and give examples of the three types of symbiosis. (1.3) 7. TSW name and describe energy roles that organisms play in an ecosystem. (2.1) 8. TSW explain how energy flows through an ecosystem. (2.1) 9. TSW explain how carbon and oxygen cycles are related and define and describe the nitrogen cycle. (2.2) 10. TSW name and describe the six major biomes and two aquatic ecosystems of the earth. (2.3) 11. TSW apply the scientific method in a variety of ways focusing on one or two areas such as observation, asking questions and background research on populations or ecosystems of interest to the student.

