546-0314/02 – Biology and Ecology (BiEk)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Jiří Kupka, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Mgr. Iva Melčáková, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2005/2006 | Year of cancellation | 2014/2015 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
After completion of the „Fundamentals of biology and ecology“ students will
understand the origin of life on Earth, the basic units of life – cells,
evolution of species and the diversity of life, ecology of communities,
dynamic characteristics of ecosystems and global issues of the environment.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Summary
After completion of the „Fundamentals of biology and ecology“ students will
understand the origin of life on Earth, the basic units of life – cells,
evolution of species and the diversity of life, ecology of communities,
dynamic characteristics of ecosystems and global issues of the environment.
Compulsory literature:
Novotný,J.(2004):Biology,Masaryk University Brno.
Porritt, J.(1992): Save the Earth, , Dorling Kindersley,London.
Smith, R.L.(1991): Elements of Ecology, , Harper Collins Publishers, New York.
Smith,R.L.,Smith,T.M.(2001): Ecology&field biology,San Francisco,Addison-
Wesley Longman.
Recommended literature:
www.emc.maricopa.edu,online biology book,2001,Estrella Mountain Community
College, Arizona.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Active participation of students in seminars. Development of the project to the specified topic in the required quality.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Outline the subject
1. Cell theory - development, cell as a hierarchical system, the cell
prokaryotic and eukaryotic, cell structure, cell membrane system,
Cellular memory and inheritance, cell reproduction
2. Biology of viruses - structure of virions, viral genome, RNA and DNA viruses,
virus structure, reproduction of viruses, bacteriophage, provirus,
retroviruses, interactions cytopatologie virus - cell, oncogenic viruses and HIV virus
3. Plant tissue organs - concept, classification and characteristics of tissues,
vegetative and generative organs
4. Animal tissues, organs and organ systems - concept, classification and
characteristic of animal tissues, epithelia, nerve, muscle, connective tissue,
organ system cover, Device support, movement, system orientation, management,
metabolic systems, reproductive
5. Fundamentals of Genetics - asexual and sexual reproduction, mitosis, meiosis,
crossing - over, human heredity
6. Photosynthesis - the definition of photosynthesis, photosynthetic structures and
pigments, basic physics and biochemistry of photosynthesis, photorespiration, products
photosynthesis and their importance, photosynthesis of C3, C4 and CAM plants
7. Breathing - the concept of respiration, respiratory substrate, respiratory quotient,
mechanisms of breathing
8. Introduction to ecology - definition, basic concepts of history, structure
9. Abiogenic and biogenic and environmental factors - tolerance limits of organisms,
measurement of factors, intraspecific and interspecific relations at
populations and communities, ecological niche
10. Biogeochemical cycles of C, O2, H2O, P, N, S and selected risk elements
in ecosystems
11. Energy flow in ecosystems, food chains and networks, energy
efficiency of energy transfer, production and productivity of terrestrial and aquatic
Ecosystems
12. Ecological stability - the term, dynamic equilibrium, metastability,
quasistacionar states of ecosystems, succession and climax, the theory of stress
13. Problems associated with the man in the biosphere - the impact on the individual components
environment, energy intensity of human activities, and non-renewable
renewable sources of energy of fossil fuels, biomass energy,
Sun energy, wind energy, nuclear energy
14. Environmental contamination - foreign substances, monitoring,
biomarkers, substances injurious to health (toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic,
genotoxic, allergenic)
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction