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Ecosystems

Published on Nov 27, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Ecosystem & Interactions

UNIT 3
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ECOSYSTEM

A COMMUNITY OF INTERACTING CRITTERS (ORGANISMS)
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Biotic & Abiotic

PLANTS, ANIMALS, MICROBES & CLIMATE, SOIL, LAND
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Ecology

STUDY OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ORGANISMS
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Rule of 5s

FOOD, SHELTER (HABITAT), WATER, GASES, PASSION
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Food Web = many food chains

SHOWING INTERRELATIONSHIPS

FOOD CHAINS = ENERGY FLOW

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Life Pyramid

PRODUCERS, FIRST ORDER CONSUMERS, 2ND OC, TERTIARY

relationships

PREDATOR, PREY, SYMBIOSIS
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Symbiosis

  • Mutualism - both benefit
  • Parasitism - one benefits and one is harmed
  • Commensalism - one benefits, and other isn’t harmed nor benefits.
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Adaptations

  • Behavioural - what a species does survive- not learning
  • Physical/structural - body features that helps a species survive
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