Module 10 - Life Science: Diversity of Life

Activity 1 : : Activity 2 : : Activity 3 : : Activity 4 : : Activity 5

Activity 2:  Readings

Use the topic list in Activity 1 and the guiding questions in Activity 5 of this module to help focus your reading as you go through the suggested chapters.  Start with either Conceptual Integrated Science or Thinkwell, depending on your learning style.  Conceptual Integrated Science is a textbook and Thinkwell consists of lectures by various professors as well as lessons on different topics.  If there is a guiding question or topic that is not covered adequately in one learning resource, refer to the other learning resource. 

Conceptual Integrated Science Text

• Ch. 18 – Biological Diversity
• Ch. 21 – Ecosystems and Environment

Thinkwell

• Life Science                      

                   3.1 Unity and Diversity of Life
                   3.4 Classifying Life
                             3.4.1 Taxonomy
                             3.4.2 The Linnaean System
                             3.4.3 The Linnaean System: Still Changing
                   3.6 Bacteria and Viruses
                             3.6.1 Bacteria & Viruses
                             3.6.1 The Bacteria
                             3.6.3 Viruses and Prions: Living or Nonliving?
                   3.15 Energy Flow in an Ecosystem
                             3.15.1 Ecosystems: A Flow of Energy
                             3.15.2 Ecosystems: Productivity and Energy Flow
                             3.15.3 Productivity Pyramids: Visualizing Energy Flows
                             3.15.4 Productivity Pyramids: Pyramid of Numbers
                             3.15.5 Ecosystems and Material Cycles: Water, Carbon, and Sulfur
                             3.15.6 Ecosystems and Material Cycles: Nitrogen and Phosphorus Cycles
                   3.16 Introduction to Ecology
                             3.16.1 Ecological Organization
                             3.16.2 Ecology at the Level of the Species: Behavior
                             3.16.5 Competitive Behaviors and Survivability
                             3.16.7 Population Ecology: Populations with Unlimited Resources
                             3.16.9 Community Ecology: Interspecific Interaction: Predation
                             3.16.10 Decline in Species Diversity and the Current Mass Extinction
                   3.18 Life in the Oceans