BIO105 — Environmental Biology
BIO 105 - Environmental Biology BIO 105 - Environmental Biology Description: Introduction to ecological systems, natural resources, and applications to environmental issues. Includes population, community, and ecosystem analysis. Emphasis on field, laboratory, and writing activities. Describe intra and inter specific competition, and other types of interactions between individuals and populations. Describe and graph exponential and logistic population growth. Describe the flow of energy through ecosystems emphasizing trophic levels and food webs. Describe the processes generating climatic zones on the Earth. Correlate biomes with climate patterns (4,5) List the physical and biotic characteristics of the major biomes Describe interactions between hunter-gatherer, pastoral, agrarian, and industrial societies and the environment. Collect quantifiable data using various field methods. (7,8) Analyze data using graphical and statistical methods. (9,10) Describe the major biogeochemical cycles including water, carbon, and nitrogen. Describe the basic mechanisms and conditions affecting populations with respect to evolution and natural selection. Describe the influence of area, distance, and other factors in predicting species diversity.