GEOG 1220 Study Guide - Final Guide: Lake Huron, Eastern Cougar, Temperate Deciduous Forest
16 Dec 2016
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Unit4 - natural biological systems and their human transformation. 37 - 40, 44 - 55, chapter 3, pp. When you have completed this unit, you will be able to: Distinguish between matter and energy and identify the roles they play in the environment. Describe the natural (and human modified aspects) of the carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous nutrient cycles. Recognize the links between our increasing knowledge of the carbon cycle and human history. Describe flows of energy through an ecosystem (food chain, food web, trophic levels) Define limiting factors and identify how they may lead to local and regional patterns in the environment. Define carrying capacity and explain factors that control it. List and explain the primary means by which humans impact ecosystems (reduction, fragmentation, and so on) A basic knowledge of the biological environment can go a long a way toward understanding and explaining human impact.
