In support of the House A Support Day, we elected to use class time today to complete the following work:
- Yellowstone Trophic Pyramid (pyramid + food web handout along with trophic pyramid worksheet both due today)
- Read the article titled “Interdependence Involves Limiting Factors and Carrying Capacity” on pages 650-652 of the BSCS Biology textbook. Take notes and define vocabulary in notebooks.
- A limiting factor is anything that can slow, or limit, the growth of a population.
- Biotic factors: food supply and other organisms
- Abiotic factors: space, raw materials, climate (the prevailing weather conditions in a given area through long periods of time), light
- Carrying capacity is the maximum population of a particular species that the habitat can support. It changes as environmental conditions change.
- Population density is the number of individuals in relation to the space the population occupies.
- A limiting factor is anything that can slow, or limit, the growth of a population.
- Model photosynthesis using molecular modeling kits.
- Sunlight + H20 + CO2 –> C6H12O6 + O2
- To balance the equation, need 6 each of H20, CO2, and O2
The Art of Science 