PPT-CYCLES of LIFE 28.3 How Do Nutrients Cycle Within and Among Ecosystems?

Some of the chemical building blocks of life called macronutrients are required by organisms in large quantities Water Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen Nitrogen Phosphorous. Lake Victoria. Incredible diversity of cichlid fishes.. More than half of the 500 species now endangered.. Nile perch. Increased phytoplankton. Cyanobacteria. Lake Victoria. Algal bloom causes and increasing rate of decomposition as algae die off.. 7. . ECOSYSTEMS AND NUTRIENT CYCLING. ENGINEERING EARTH. A desert experiment gone awry. ENGINEERING EARTH. A desert experiment gone awry. 7. At the end of . this chapter you . will know:. Environmental factors that affect the makeup and distribution of biomes. By Sarah Low. Insects. Examples of Insects. Ladybug. Dragonfly. Life Cycle Feature. Ladybug. Dragonfly. This feature of the ladybug life cycle shows the ladybug in the pupa stage. When the ladybug is in the pupa stage, the pupae (the term used to call the ladybug in the pupa stage) is orange and black, as shown in the picture above (. Biogeochemical Cycle. : the cycling of chemical elements required by life between the living and nonliving parts of the environment. Some examples of these chemical elements are H2O, P, S, N2, O2 and C. . The continued survival of living organisms including humans depend on sustainable communities. . Understandings:. Species are groups of organisms that can potentially interbreed to produce fertile offspring.. 5.10C – describe the differences between complete and incomplete metamorphosis of insects. Vocabulary. Cycle-. . A . series . of . repeating events that usually . lead back to . a . starting point.. Compare the life cycles of different kinds of animals.. Vocabulary . Adult. -the stage of an animal’s life cycle when it reproduces. . Egg. -a structure containing food that young animals need in order to grow. . LTEC 4100 .003. Fall 2010. Learning Objectives. Students will understand the life cycle of butterflies. Students will be able to label and draw the life cycle of butterflies. Students will be able to label the parts of a butterfly (wings, abdomen, head, antanne). Workshop, Adelaide, 14-15 December, 2012. David G. Glynn, CSEM. Outline of Talk. Cubic graph. Hamilton Cycle/Edge 3-colouring. Circuits, Bonds. Bond . Matroid. (Dual to Cycle . Matroid. ) of the Graph. What does the 10% Law?. Compare food chains to food webs.. What are the three types of pyramids we discussed yesterday? What information can you get from each?. Nutrient Cycles and Human Impact. What is Nutrient Cycling?. Chapter 3 (Miller and . Spoolman. , 2010). Core Case Study: Tropical Rain Forests Are Disappearing. Cover about 2% of the earth’s land surface. Contain about 50% of the world’s known plant and animal species. Think!. What is a cycle? What are some cycles you know about in the world we live in?. What is a cycle?. A single complete execution or a periodically repeated phenomenon.. What does that mean?. Single – it happens one time. Getting started. You’ll need a notepad on which to make notes as you go along, or you could make notes, paste images, etc. on your device.. You can view these slides:. as a slide-show for any animations and to follow links. AICE Marine. Detritus:. What is it?. How does it fit in to a food web/chain?. Who/what consumes it?. Detritus:. What is it? . Dead, decaying organic matter . How does it fit into a food web/chain? .