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Living on Earth’s Surface: Ecosystems, Biomes, and Climate
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4 Sections
20 Lessons
10 Weeks
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Chapter 6: Exploring Ecosystems
3
1.1
Understanding Systems
10 mins
1.2
Systematically Understanding the Earth’s Environment
10 mins
1.3
Transferring Energy and Matter through an Ecosystem
10 mins
Chapter 7: Biogeography: How Earth’s Climate Shapes Global Ecosystem Patterns
3
2.1
Positioning Ecosystems: Latitude and Altitude
10 mins
2.2
Recognizing Major Climate Drivers
10 mins
2.3
Separating the Globe into Biomes
10 mins
Chapter 8: Playing Well with Others: Population Biology
6
3.1
Characterizing a Population
10 mins
3.2
Predicting Population Change
10 mins
3.3
Watching Species Interact
10 mins
3.4
From Indicator Species to Ecosystem Engineers: Filling Every Niche
10 mins
3.5
Working Together: Biological Communities
10 mins
3.6
The People Principle: Human Population Biology
10 mins
Chapter 9: Heating Things Up: Living in a Changing Climate
8
4.1
Living on Earth
10 mins
4.2
Mapping the climate system
10 mins
4.3
Hothouse Humans: The Greenhouse Effect
10 mins
4.4
Counting Greenhouse Gases
10 mins
4.5
Considering Past, Present, and Future Climates
10 mins
4.6
Feeling the Heat: Environmental Effects of Modern Climate Change
10 mins
4.7
Tracking Dramatic Change
10 mins
4.8
Living with an Unpredictable Climate
10 mins
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