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What Are Ecosystems?

• Objectives
• Compare different climates.
• Describe how organisms interact in ecosystems.
• Explain how climate affects ecosystem diversity.
• Main Idea and Details
• Look for details about ecosystems.

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Vocabulary

• Ecosystem
• Population
• Community
• Habitat
• Niche
• Diversity

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Science Background

• Do plants and animals interact in ecosystems?
• How do you think plants and animals interact with
  each other in nature?
• Scientists Explain
• There are many plant-animal interactions in
  nature. Animals eat plats to get energy and
  nutrients. Plants serve as habitats for insects,
  small animals, and birds. Plans (and algae) also
  release oxygen into the air as a byproduct of
  photosynthesis. People and other animals need
  oxygen to live. Plants use it in the process of
  respiration.

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Vocabulary Power

• Consumer
• Producer

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Vocabulary Power

• Do the worksheet on your ownyou have 7 minutes
• READY..
• SET.
• GO!!!!!!

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Vocabulary Power

• Check your answers with the people in your group.
• Now lets check it as a class

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Vocabulary Power

1. A struggle for limited resources
2. Organisms that live on another organism
3. Groups of organisms of the same species living
   together in an ecosystem.
4. Consumer
5. Producer
6. Consumer
7. Consumer
8. Producer
9. Producer

Great Job!!!
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150 - Ecosystems

• Science Concepts
• -What an ecosystem is and how organisms interact
  in ecosystems.
• -What factors affect diversity.

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150 - Ecosystems
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• What are the biotic parts (living) of this
  forest?
• They are the trees, shrubs, flowers, deer,
  insects, fallen leaves, skunks and birds.

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150 - Ecosystems
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• Would the abiotic (nonliving) parts of the
  ecosystem you see in the illustrations be similar
  or different from the ones you would see in
  another ecosystem, such as a desert?
• The same categories the same (soil, plants, and
  so on), would be present but the types of rocks,
  soil, air quality, and so on would be different.

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150 - Ecosystems
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• Main Idea and Details
• What are the biotic and abiotic parts of an
  ecosystem?
• The biotic parts of an ecosystem are the living
  parts the abiotic parts of an ecosystem are the
  nonliving parts.

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150 - Ecosystems

• Vocabulary
• 151 Ecosystem
• an area where organisms interact with one another
  as well as with the nonliving parts of the
  environment.

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Main Idea and Supporting Details

• Subheading Ecosystems
• Each organism in an ecosystem interacts with
  other organisms.
• biotic parts are the living parts of an
  ecosystem.
• abiotic parts are the nonliving parts of an
  ecosystem.
• an ecosystems biotic parts interact with each
  other.
• an ecosystems abiotic parts help determine what
  lives in it.

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152 A Place to Live
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• Which has a better chance of survival if
  conditions change an organism with a broad niche
  or one with a narrow niche?
• Broad, because it can live in a wider variety of
  conditions

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152 A Place to Live

• Main Idea and Details
• How are a population and a community related in
  an ecosystem?
• A population is a group of organisms of the same
  species living in an ecosystem. A community is
  all the populations of an ecosystem.

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152 A Place to Live

• Vocabulary
• 152 Population
• A group of organisms of the same species living
  together in an ecosystem.
• 152 Community
• All populations living in an ecosystem.
• 153 Habitat
• The part of the ecosystem in which the organism
  lives.
• 153 Niche
• The organisms role in an ecosystem.

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Main Idea and Supporting Details

• B. Subheading A Place to Live
• A population is a group of organisms of the same
  species living together in an ecosystem
• All of the populations in an ecosystem make up a
  community
• Cacti have connections with many animals of the
  desert ecosystem
• Two populations with similar needs can share a
  habitat
• Two populations cant share the same niche.

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154 Diversity

• How can the extinction of one species decrease an
  ecosystems diversity over time?
• Removal of one could eliminate others that depend
  on it for food.

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154 Diversity

• Main Idea and Details
• Why are climate and location the two most
  important factors in determining ecosystem
  diversity?
• In general, ecosystems closer to the equator are
  warmer and have more species and so are more
  diverse. Ecosystems closer to the poles are
  colder and have fewer species and so are less
  diverse.

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154 - Diversity

• Vocabulary
• 154 Diversity
• The variety of species in an ecosystem.

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154 Insta-Lab

• Marble Diversity
• I will pass around a jar of marbles.
• Reach into the jar, and pull out a handful of
  marbles.
• Sort the marbles by type.
• How many types do you have?
• Compare your results with those of other tables.
• Who has the most diverse handful of marbles?

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Main Idea and Supporting Details

• C. Subheading Diversity
• Diversity refers to the variety of species in an
  ecosystem.
• Climate and location are two of the most
  important factors.
• The actions of people are making ecosystems less
  diverse by destroying habitats and food sources.
• If one population is harmed or destroyed, the
  entire ecosystem suffers.

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Get your coats because

• We are going on a hike!!!!
• On our hike, with a partner, listen for.lookand
  list all of the animals and plants you can
  identify.
• Extra Credit On the sheet of paper, illustrate a
  map of our hike and what you saw/heard along the
  way.

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Lesson 1 Review

• In your groups
• Complete numbers 1, 3 - 6