ECOSYSTEMS
"All the living (communities) and non-living things together in an environment make up an ecosystem"
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all living organisms in an ecosystem both plants and animals |
NONLIVING PARTS soil, rocks, water- inanimate nonliving parts of the environment |
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LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION
"Ecologists organize the environment in to 5 levels"
Biospheres are divided in to large areas called biomes Biomes are made of smaller units called Ecosystems |
All the living and non-living things together in an environment create an ecosystem
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"The third level of organization is the community" "All living members in an ecosystem are called a community" |
"The higher the level, the more interactions there are"
"Each level has unique properties because of the interactions of it's parts"
Link to Powerpoint Ecosystem templete for class project use
Grading RUBRIC for PP presentations
Sample Completed PowerPoint Projects
Tarantula - Moose - Snow Leopard