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Ecosystems: Everything Is Connected

Ecosystems: Everything Is Connected . What is an ecosystem?. An ecosystem is all of the organisms living in an area together with their physical environment *Example: Forest, coral reef, even a vacant lot. What are the components of the ecosystems pictured?. Components of an Ecosystem.

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Ecosystems: Everything Is Connected

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  1. Ecosystems: Everything Is Connected

  2. What is an ecosystem? • An ecosystem is all of the organisms living in an area together with their physical environment *Example: Forest, coral reef, even a vacant lot

  3. What are the components of the ecosystems pictured?

  4. Components of an Ecosystem • An ecosystem is made up of both living and nonliving things. Biotic factors are the living and once living things parts of an ecosystem. *Example: plants, animals, leaves, waste Abiotic factors are the nonliving parts of an ecosystem. *Example: air, water, rocks, sunlight

  5. What are the biotic and abiotic components of the ecosystems pictured?

  6. An individual living thing. Ex: a fish A group of organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring. Ex: Bluegill fish Members of the same species that live in the same area at the same time. Ex: all the Bluegill in a pond Different species living in the same place and interacting. Ex: insects, frogs, fish, and plants in a pond. Organization of Ecosystems Organism Species Population Community

  7. Habitat • A place an organism lives is called a habitat. • Every habitat has specific biotic and abiotic factors that organisms living there need to survive • Organisms tend to well suited to their natural habitat.

  8. What are the biotic and abiotic factors of the habitat that allow zebras to survive?

  9. Everything is Connected • You can think of an ecosystem as working like a car engine. The engine of a car is made up of hundreds of parts that all work together. • What might happen to the car if one of these parts breaks?

  10. Everything is Connected • The same applies to an ecosystem • So, what might happen to an ecosystem if one part is changed or removed?

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