E-Port, Nature Connection May 10th

As a reminder, please USE your journal and your notes from our discussions to help. In addition,  you have been given readings in class which are in your binder, and there is the Biodiversity in Crisis book we read in class.

This e-port is due next Wednesday May 17th.

Title:  Nature Connection May 10th

Questions:

What does it mean to be abiotic and biotic? Provide examples of each.

How do we know something is alive? What are the criteria?

What makes an ecosystem healthy and how is interdependence part of that?

What is a keystone species? Give an example.

How do we classify organisms?

Why do we classify organisms?

What does the word biodiversity mean and why is it important?

What are autotrophs and heterotrophs?

What does it mean to be sessile and mobile?

As we design an artificial intelligence to do classification of organisms, what are some things that can interfere with getting accurate results? (discussed during workshop)

Why are the sacoglossan sea slug and red tree coral a bit harder to classify as a plant, animal, or fungi?

What is a consumer, producer, and decomposer?

Where does the flow of energy come from in an ecosystem?

What are the other cycles beyond a water cycle in our Earth systems?

How is biodiversity in crisis? Please provide examples from the book in class.