Essentials of Ecology

S42 SUPPLEMENT 6 Figure 7 Straight-chain and ring structural formulas of glucose, a simple sugar that can be used to build long ...

SUPPLEMENT 6 S43 Figure 10 Portion of the double helix of a DNA molecule. The double helix is composed of two spiral (helical) s ...

S44 SUPPLEMENT 6 Certain Molecules Store and Release Energy in Cells Chemical reactions occurring in photosynthesis (pp. 58–59) ...

SUPPLEMENT 6 S45 Now the equation is balanced, and the law of conservation of matter has been observed. For every two molecules ...

S46 SUPPLEMENT 7 All organisms on the earth today are descen- dants of single-cell organisms that lived almost 4 billion years a ...

SUPPLEMENT 8 S47 winds, called jet streams, follow rising and falling paths that have a strong infl uence on weather patterns (F ...

S48 SUPPLEMENT 8 Atmospheric pressure is greater near the earth’s surface because the molecules in the atmosphere are squeezed t ...

SUPPLEMENT 8 S49 the warmer waters of the western Pacifi c to move toward the coast of South America, which suppresses the norma ...

S50 SUPPLEMENT 8 Tropical cyclones are spawned by the formation of low-pressure cells of air over warm tropical seas. Figure 9 s ...

SUPPLEMENT 8 S51 the barrier islands along the coast, allowing huge quantities of seawater to fl ood the bays and marshes. This ...

S52 SUPPLEMENT 8 Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico Number of hurricanes expected to occur during a 100-year period 20–40 40–60 More than ...

SUPPLEMENT 9 S53 Components and Interactions in Major Biomes (Chapters 8, 9, 10) SUPPLEMENT 9 Producer to primary consumer Prima ...

S54 SUPPLEMENT 9 Golden eagleGolden eagle Pronghorn antelopePronghorn antelope GrasshopperGrasshopper sparrowsparrow Grasshopper ...

SUPPLEMENT 9 S55 Producer to primary consumer Primary to secondary consumer Secondary to higher-level consumer All producers and ...

S56 SUPPLEMENT 9 Producer to primary consumer Primary to secondary consumer Secondary to higher-level consumer All producers and ...

SUPPLEMENT 9 S57 StarflowerStarflower BacteriaBacteria BunchberryBunchberry FungiFungi SnowshoeSnowshoe harehare Pine sawyerPine ...

S58 SUPPLEMENT 9 Producer to primary consumer Primary to secondary consumer Secondary to higher-level consumer All producers and ...

SUPPLEMENT 10 S59 SUPPLEMENT Chapter Projects (Chapters 3–11) 10 for cutting the world’s population growth rate by half within t ...

S60 SUPPLEMENT 10 Choose a particular animal or plant species that interests you and use the library or the Internet to fi nd o ...

SUPPLEMENT 11 S61 SUPPLEMENT Key Concepts (by Chapter) 11 CHAPTER 3 Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work? Concept 3-1 ...