Level: 2
Requirements
- Construct a diagram of a fresh‑water pond ecosystem with pasted-on animal cutouts.
- Pick one mammal, one bird, one reptile, and one amphibian from your home environment, and for each construct a diagram of its ecological pyramid.
- Know the meaning of the following terms:
- Ecology
- Community
- Food chain
- Commensalism
- Ecological succession
- Plankton
- Conservation
- Climax community
- Eutrophication
- Biome
- Make detailed field observations and library book study of the habitat of some small animal in your own environment. Write a report one-half from your field observations and one‑half from your book study. Length about 700 words.
- Define an ecosystem and state what the basic biological and physical factors are that keep it a balanced system.
- Investigate the disposal of trash in your community. How much is disposed per family per day? Per week? Per year? How better can it be taken care of?
- Check the daily paper of nearest large city for one month for the air pollution level. Plot a curve for this level on graph paper for the month. Find out what caused the peaks in your curve.
- List ten ways in which you might actively work to improve the environment in which you live. Put four of these into practice.
- Find a Spirit of Prophecy quotation and a Bible text pertinent to ecology and be able to explain their relevance and application to our day.
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