Table of Contents

1 The Nature of Data

2 The Process of Science

3 Soil Analysis

4 Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Cycling

5 Population Growth

6 Age Distribution and Survivorship

7 Terrestrial Plant Community Assessment

8 Stream Ecosystem Assessment

9 Micro Community Assessment

10 Sampling a Plant Community

11 Sampling Animal Communities

12 Species Diversity

13 Primary Production in an Aquatic Community

14 Competition

15 Natural Selection

16 Adaptations of Vertebrates to Their Environment

17 Adaptations of Plants to Their Environment