ECDCICA

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ECDCICA

• Seven Key Ecological Concepts Supporting Life

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E is for Energy Flowing Through Ecosystems

• Energy Flowing Through a Forest FOOD CHAIN

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• Energy Flows through a forest FOOD WEB

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C is for Cyclescirculating matter in Ecosystems

• Nutrients and water needed to sustain life cycle
  in ecosystems

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Lifes Essentials

• Water - H2O
• Nutrients - CHOPNS
• Carbon C
• Hydrogen H
• Oxygen - O
• Phosphorous P
• Nitrogen N
• Sulfur - S

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Hydrologic/Water Cycle

• Many Paths for Water To Follow As It Cycles

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Carbon Cycle
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Nitrogen Cycle
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Phosphorous Cycle
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D is for Diversitythe biodiversity of ecosystems

• The great variety of plants and animals in an
  ecosystem

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C is Community

• All the populations of organisms in an ecosystem

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I is for Interdependence

• All biotic and abiotic factors are dependent on
  one another.

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C is for Change

• Ecosystems are in a state of constant change

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A is for Adaptation

• Physical and behavioral characteristics that
  allow plants and animals to live in a particular
  ecosystem

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Do You Remember the Seven Key Ecological
Concepts?

• E is for

Energy Flow
C is for
Cycling Matter
D is for
Diversity
C is for
Community
I is for
Interrelationships
C is for
Change
A is for
Adaptations