Unit 8.2 - Responses to the Environment

I can?

  • can describe the strategies organisms use to acquire and use energy.
  • can describe ways organisms use energy to regulate body temperature.
  • can describe endothermic.
  • can describe ways endotherms regulate their body temperature.
  • can describe ectothermic.
  • can describe ways ectotherms regulate their body temperature.
  • can describe ways organisms use energy for reproductive strategies.
  • can describe the relationship between metabolic rate per unit body mass and size of multicellular organisms.
  • can describe the result of a net gain in energy on growth of an organism.
  • can describe the result of a net gain in energy on energy storage.
  • can describe the result of a net loss of energy on mass of organisms.
  • can describe the result of a net loss of energy on survival of an organism.
  • can explain ways changes in energy availability affect populations and ecosystems.
  • can explain the result of a change in energy availability on population size.
  • can explain the result of a change in energy availability on ecosystem.
  • can explain the effect of a change in sunlight on number and size of trophic levels.
  • can explain the effect of a change in the producer level on number and size of other trophic levels.