Ecology and Environmental Dynamics · Ecology

Community Interactions and Energy Flow

Explores symbiosis, predation, competition, and the movement of energy through trophic levels.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the loss of a keystone species affect the stability of an entire food web?
  2. 2Why is there a significant loss of energy as it moves from one trophic level to the next?
  3. 3In what ways do symbiotic relationships drive the evolution of the species involved?

Common Core State Standards

HS-LS2-4HS-LS2-6
Grade: 11th Grade
Subject: Biology
Unit: Ecology and Environmental Dynamics
Period: Ecology

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