Saturday, February 2, 2008

Chapter 24 Syllabus

24.1 Organisation of Life
- Concept, hierarchy and interaction

24.1.1 Components of life: organisms, populations and communities, ecosystems, biomes and biospheres
- Definition and examples
- Emphasis on dynamism of ecosystems

24.1.2 Niche and habitat

24.2 Biogeochemical cycles
- Sulphur and phosphorus cycles

24.3 Energy
- First and second law of thermodynamics

24.3.1 Flow
- Definition, one example of ecosystem: pond/forest

24.3.2 Transfer
- Efficiency of energy transfer by producers, consumers and composers
- One example of ecosystem: pond/forest

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