Chapter 3 reading outline

Integrated Biology: Reading Outline Chapter 3: Communities and Ecosystems Pages 49-62 Reading Summaries: (11pts) Heading Where Main Ideas Found Introduction:

p. 49

Life in a Community:

p. 49

3.1 Many Interactions are Indirect

3.2 Many Populations interact in the Florida River Community

p. 49-51

3.3 A Niche is the Role of an Organism

p.51

3.4 Organisms May Benefit or Harm One Another

p. 51 - 53

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Ecosystem Structure:

p. 53 - 54

3.5 Boundaries of Ecosystems Overlap and Change

3.6 Most Communities Have More Producers Than Consumers

p. 54- 55

Ecosystem Stability and Human Influences:

p. 56-58

3.7 Humans Lower the Stability of Ecosystems 3.8 Humans Threaten the Diversity of Organisms

p. 58-60

3.9 Humans Also Can Help p. 60, 62 Conserve Species

Biology Today: Naturalist/Interpreter

p. 61

Vocabulary Terms (9pts) Vocabulary Term Definition Ecosystem Community Herbivore Carnivore Producer Omnivore Habitat Niche Predator-Prey Relationship Competition Symbiosis Parasitism Scavenger Energy Pyramid Biocide Biodiversity Species Extinct