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    LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT

    17
    TH
    MILLER/SPOOLMAN
    CHAPTER 3
    Ecosystems: What Are They
    and How Do They Work?
    Natural Capital Degradation: Satellite Image of the Loss of
    Tropical Rain Forest
    Fig. 3-1a, p. 54
    Natural Capital: General Structure of the Earth






    Fig. 3-2, p. 56
    Levels of Organization in Nature
    Fig. 3-5, p. 58
    Components of Ecosystems
    Fig. 3-3a, p. 56
    Producers
    Fig. 3-7a, p. 59
    Consumers
    Fig. 3-8a, p. 60
    Decomposers
    Fig. 3-9a, p. 61
    Detritivores and Decomposers
    Fig. 3-10, p. 61
    Ecosystems





    Fig. 3-6, p. 59
    A Food Chain




    Fig. 3-12, p. 63
    Pyramid of Energy Flow




    Fig. 3-14, p. 65
    A Food Web
    Fig. 3-13, p. 64
    Estimated Annual Average NPP in Major Life Zones
    and Ecosystems






    Fig. 3-15, p. 66
    Nutrients Cycle in the Biosphere
    Biogeochemical cycles, nutrient cycles
    Hydrologic
    Carbon
    Nitrogen
    Phosphorus
    Sulfur

    Nutrients may remain in a reservoir for a period of
    time

    Hydrologic Cycle
    Fig. 3-17, p. 68
    Hydrologic Cycle





    Fig. 3-16, p. 67
    Carbon Cycle
    Fig. 3-19, p. 70
    Increase in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, 1960-2009
    Supplement 9, Fig 14
    Nitrogen Cycle








    Fig. 3-20, p. 71
    Human Input of Nitrogen into the Environment
    Supplement 9, Fig 16
    Phosphorus Cycle





    Fig. 3-21, p. 73
    Sulfur Cycle






    Fig. 3-22, p. 74
    Three Big Ideas
    1. Life is sustained by the flow of energy from the sun
    through the biosphere, the cycling of nutrients
    within the biosphere, and gravity.
    2. Some organisms produce the nutrients they need,
    others survive by consuming other organisms, and
    some recycle nutrients back to producer organisms.
    3. Human activities are altering the flow of energy
    through food chains and webs and the cycling of
    nutrients within ecosystems and the biosphere.

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