BIO 220 Course Final Report Task 1
BIO 220 Course Final Report Task 1
Review “Course Final Report: Overall Project Review.” This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment. For Task 1, identify one environmental issue that has impacted you or someone you know. The issue that you pick will be the topic for your course final report. For help in selecting topics, refer to “Suggestions for Environmental Topics.” To successfully complete task 1, do the following:
- Briefly describe the selected environmental issue.
- State your initial position on the issue in one to two paragraphs.
- Find three articles that support your position.
- List all the references at the end of the report according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review
BIO 220 Course Final Report Task 1
the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.
You are required to submit the short answer portion of this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
Submit both the Trophic Pyramid and Word document to the instructor.
Biomes
Biomes are global geographical areas that share similar climatic conditions.
Examples of biomes include rain forests, tropical forests, tundra, grasslands, and deserts.
Ecosystems
Biomes contain ecosystems, which are comprised of the living and nonliving components that occupy an environment.
Examples of ecosystems include coral reefs and ponds, tidal zones, oceans, coral reefs, kelp forests, alpine meadows, and the Arctic and Antarctic Ocean.
Ecosystems consist of various trophic levels, which comprise complex networks of food chains called food webs. The more diverse an ecosystem, the healthier and more feasible it is.
Differentiating the Two
The grasslands are a kind of biome, while the African savanna or the Brazilian credo are both ecosystems found within the grassland biome.
Tidal zones, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Pacific Northwest tidal zones, and Puget Sound tidal zones are all specific ecosystems within the marine biome.