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Agree
1._______
Disagree
Ecosystems are made up of both living
________ and nonliving things
All of the living things on Earth are called
Earth’s population.
2._______
________
3._______
Abiotic factors in an ecosystem are things
________ that can not be seen, but are there.
4._______
Biotic and abiotic factors do not interact
________ with each other in an ecosystem.
5._______
________
A community is all the living things that are
together in a specific area.
Chapter 13, section 1
Ecosystems
How many nonliving things can you name?
I. Environmental Factors
A. Abiotic Factors – nonliving parts
of an ecosystem
1. water, temperature, sunlight,
oxygen, soil
Which parts of an Estuary are Abiotic?
How many living things can you name?
B. Biotic Factors – living parts of an
ecosystem
1. plants, animals, fungi, bacteria,
food
II. Habitats
A. Habitat – location where an
organism gets its food, water, and
shelter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuejxJttBqo
III. Organization
A. Population - all the members of
one species in a particular area
1. example: number of squirrels
in a forest
B. Community – all the different
populations in a particular area
1. Example: all the plants +
animals + fungi + bacteria in a
single forest
Is this a community?
C. Ecosystem – all the biotic and
abiotic factors that interact in an
area
1. Example: all the soil, rocks,
animals, plants, water, sunlight in
a forest
Is this an ecosystem?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPHqUxxyLsY
Agree
1._______
Disagree
Ecosystems are made up of both living
________ and nonliving things
All of the living things on Earth are called
Earth’s population.
2._______
________
3._______
Abiotic factors in an ecosystem are things
________ that can not be seen, but are there.
4._______
Biotic and abiotic factors do not interact
________ with each other in an ecosystem.
5._______
________
A community is all the living things that are
together in a specific area.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDJR8kfhsLU