| Ecosystems | ||
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| Key Idea 1 | Ecosystem Structures | PowerPoint |
| Task 1 | Task | |
| Ecosystem - intro. | Grade or No Grade? | |
| Key Idea 2 a) | Energy Flow question | May 2005 - 4 marks |
| Guidance note | Note | |
| Key Idea 2 b) | Nutrient cycling question | May 2005 4b 8 marks |
| May 2004 Question 2 | Teaching resource | |
| Nutrient Cycling - Moorland | PowerPoint | |
| Key Idea 3 a) | Soil Forming factors | PowerPoint |
| Soil Forming Factors | Sorting Exercise | |
| Soil Profile (Brown Earth) | Web page | |
| Sample question (Q1, June 2004) | Web Page | |
| Soil Profile - Brown Earth | Web Page | |
| Brown Earths - a soil in a small scale wood | Hot Potato Close Exercise | |
| soil profile question | June 2001 (last part of question [d] ) | |
| Soil Profile - chernozem | Web page | |
| Soil Profile - podsol | Web Page | |
| Key Idea 3 b) | Influence of vegetation on microclimate | Kay's Geography Site (not GeogOnline) |
| Key Idea 4 a) | Priseres | Background note |
| Overview | PowerPoint - includes moorland. | |
| Prisere question | June 2001 (part 1) | |
| Lithosere (glacial retreat) | exercise - can link to moorland work | |
| Lithosere Question | January 2003 | |
| Psammosere | Case Study | |
| Halosere (Salt marsh) | note | |
| Hydrosere (Pond) | note | |
| Secondary Succession | note | |
| Key Idea 4 b) | Plagiosere (on sand dunes) | Case Study |
| Muirburn on moorland | Nutrient Cycling: earlier case study | |
| Test on sand dunes | Quiz (from GeoResources) | |
| Plagiosere Question | June 2001 (part 2) | |