Activity 2.3 – Biosphere and Interconnections

 First Concept Map: 




Chapter four was mainly focused on Energy. It consisted of explaining the different kinds of units used to measure it and even consisted of giving examples of it too. Not only did chapter 4 talk about measuring energy but also provided us information about how energy transforms itself to different kinds of energy and how it has various states it goes through. And the fact that during these transformations, there needs to be a balance of some sort. After reading the chapter I have a better understanding that all the transformations energy goes through, must behave according to its physical properties and that is when the first and second law of energy comes into play. So, while reding the chapter I wrote down key points that I found important and implemented them onto my concept map. 






Second Concept Map




 Chapter seven informed us readers about the importance of Biodiversity. In my opinion, after reading all three chapters, this one was definitely my favorite. I found it very interesting and very informative. This chapter consisted of being about the value of biodiversity and the classification of organisms. It talked about why biodiversity is so important to the environment and what it provides. Further into the chapter, it proceeds to inform us about the way scientist classify species and how each and one of them is categorized. A lot of examples were given with in the chapter. 




Third Concept Map





The final chapter talks about Biomes, Ecozones, and what each of the two are. We learn that Biomes are a geographically extensive ecosystems that occur when conditions are suitable for development while Ecozones are large landscapes that contain groupings of communities and species. Throughout the chapter, especially on the Biomes topic, there are many examples about different ecosystems like deserts and rainforests that are very informative. After thoroughly reading the chapter and writing notes down, I decided to put what I found to be most important onto my concept map. I believe that what I wrote down about both concepts are interconnected, just like the other maps. 





References:

Environmental-Science.pdf

 

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