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What is an ecosystem?

What is an ecosystem?. Unit Standards. What is an ecosystem?. Ecosystem - made up of all the interacting parts of an environment. Large or small, ecosystems are made up of living and nonliving things. What is an ecosystem?. Biotic factors - living things that shape an ecosystem.

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What is an ecosystem?

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  1. What is an ecosystem?

  2. Unit Standards

  3. What is an ecosystem? • Ecosystem- made up of all the interacting parts of an environment. • Large or small, ecosystems are made up of living and nonliving things.

  4. What is an ecosystem? • Biotic factors- living things that shape an ecosystem. • Examples- plants, animals, and microorganisms

  5. What is an ecosystem? • Abiotic factors- nonliving things in an environment. • Examples- rainfall, snow, ice, sunlight, soils

  6. What is an ecosystem? • The abiotic and biotic factors in an ecosystem work together. • For example, plants in a pond need a lot of water. • They also need a certain kind of soil to grow well.

  7. What is an ecosystem? • Pond animals need a special climate. • Climate describes the typical weather patterns of an area over time.

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