News

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News

• http//www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/arti
  cles/2009/10/05/ri_considers_water_rate_increase/
• http//www.maforests.org/Impacts.htm
• http//www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/art
  icles/2009/10/06/400_witness_the_monarchs_taking_w
  ing/
• http//www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/10/06
  /alternative_energy_vehicles_on_exhibit/
• http//www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/200
  9/10/05/russia_wharf_tower_plan_holds_water/

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Ecosystems

• Interactions between biotic and abiotic factors
• Interactions between individuals, species, and
  trophic levels

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Energy

• Autotrophsprimary producers
• Heterotrophs
• Primary consumers
• Seconday consumers
• Tertiary consumers
• Top predators
• Decomposers

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Food Webs
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Niche

• Choose an organism
• Describe its niche
• Biotic factors
• Abiotic factors

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Predator-Prey Relationships

• In pairs, choose an organism (one predator, one
  prey)
• Describe your adaptations to optimize your
  success
• Discuss how these 2 organisms will interact

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Populations-Biotic Factors
Camouflage
Mutualism
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Domain
Succession
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Domain
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