Ecology as a science
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write the structure level of each: snake skin, a pond’s frog group, a mountain walnut forest, a blood cell.
Organ or tissue; population; biogeocenosis; cell.
2
Choose three branches of ecology and write one research question of your own for each.
Depends on the student’s questions; e.g. autecology: «Why does a cactus lose little water?»
3
Compare the field and experimental methods: write one advantage and one drawback of each.
Field – natural conditions but mixed factors; experiment – one factor controlled but may differ from nature.
4
Why does every professional need ecological knowledge? Explain with two professions.
For example, an agronomist sets fertiliser and water doses without harming the ecosystem; a doctor considers the effect of environmental factors on health.