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Unit 2. Environmental Biology and Genetics. Energy Flow in Ecosystems. Energy Flow in Ecosystems. Learning objectives: By the end of the lesson you should be able to: Explain the meaning of the words Ecosystem Habitat Population Community Niche. Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
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Unit 2 Environmental Biology and Genetics
Energy Flow in Ecosystems • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Explain the meaning of the words • Ecosystem • Habitat • Population • Community • Niche
Energy Flow in Ecosystems • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Explain how food chains and food web are constructed in terms of producers and consumers.
Energy Flow in Ecosystems • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Describe the flow of energy in an ecosystem • Explain how energy can be lost from an ecosystem
Energy Flow in Ecosystems • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Describe predator and prey relationships • State the meanings of the words herbivore, carnivore and omnivore
Factors affecting the variety of Species in an Ecosystem • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • State the meaning of the word Biodiversity • State the meaning of the word Species • Explain what makes an ecosystem stable
Factors affecting the variety of Species in an Ecosystem • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Explain how animals and plants have adapted to their environment giving named examples of species and their adaptation.
Factors affecting the variety of Species in an Ecosystem • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Describe the effect of very high, high and low intensity grazing on species diversity.
Factors affecting the variety of Species in an Ecosystem • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Describe the effects of human activity on species diversity. • Explain the effects of pollution on species diversity. • Explain the effects of habitat destruction on species diversity.
Factors affecting the variety of Species in an Ecosystem • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Describe behavioural adaptations in animals using woodlice as an example.
Factors affecting the variety of Species in an Ecosystem • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Describe competition in plants explaining which resources plants compete for. • Describe competition in animals explaining which resources animal compete for.
Factors affecting the variety of Species in an Ecosystem • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Explain the meaning of continuous and discontinuous variation. • Give examples of continuous and discontinuous variation using both plants and animals
Genetics • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • State the name of the structure which carries genetic information. • Describe what chromosomes are made of.
Genetics • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Explain what DNA codes for. • Describe the relationship between protein function and organisms characteristics.
Genetics • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • State the name of male and female gamete in animals • State where male and female gametes are made in animals.
Genetics • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • State the name of the male and female gametes in plants. • Describe where male and female gametes are formed in plants.
Genetics • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Describe how a zygote is formed. • Explain how variation in gametes is ensured.
Genetics • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Describe the stages of Meiosis: in which a single sex cell divides to produce four gamete cells
Genetics • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • State the number of chromosomes present in adult humans. • State the number of chromosomes present in human gametes
Genetics • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Explain how the gender of a human is determined in terms of chromosomes
Genetics • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • State what a gene is • State what an allele is and how many are found in a gene.
Genetics • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • State the meaning of the terms • Homozygous • Heterozygous • Dominant • Recessive
Genetics • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • State the meaning of the terms • Genotype • Phenotype • Describe the relationship between an organisms genotype and phenotype.
Genetics • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • State the meaning of the terms • True breeding • P • F1 • F2
Genetics • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Solve problems in relation to monohybrid crosses from the P generation to the F2 generation using dominant and recessive alleles.
Genetics • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • To predict ratios of offspring genotype in monohybrid crosses. • State the reasons for differences between observed and predicted figures in monohybrid crosses.
Genetics • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • State what is meant by the term co-dominance. • Solve problems related to crosses involving co-dominant alleles.
Genetics • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Describe polygenic inheritance
Genetics • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Explain the impact of the environment on the phenotype of an organism. • Describe how identical twins or clones can be used to assess the impact of the environment on a organisms phenotype. • State whether environmental impact on phenotype can be passed on to the next generation.
Evolution and Genetic Engineering • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Define the term Natural Selection.
Evolution and Genetic Engineering • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Describe the process of Natural Selection in the Peppered Moth.
Evolution and Genetic Engineering • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Explain the process of selective breeding. • Describe the advantages and disadvantages of selective breeding.
Evolution and Genetic Engineering • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Describe the process of genetic engineering from the identification of a desired gene to the synthesis of the desired product.
Evolution and Genetic Engineering • Learning objectives: • By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • State some of the medicinal products produced by genetic engineering. • Describe the advantages and disadvantages of genetic engineering.