Interdependence in Ecosystems · Ecology

Flow of Energy and Matter

Modeling the movement of nutrients and energy through food webs and biogeochemical cycles.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the 10 percent rule limit the number of trophic levels in an ecosystem?
  2. 2What are the long term consequences of disrupting the global carbon cycle?
  3. 3How do decomposers act as the ultimate recyclers of an ecosystem?

Common Core State Standards

HS-LS2-3HS-LS2-4
Grade: 9th Grade
Subject: Biology
Unit: Interdependence in Ecosystems
Period: Ecology

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