Ecosystems

Ecosystems

What do we find in our Ecosystems?

Open Ended

What can you find in our Ecosystems?

Ecosystems

• We will describe how Ecosystems support the plants and animals that live within it.

• I will summarize how an Ecosystem can sustain itself

BrainPop Video

Adding More Levels of Organization includes more Biodiversity (variety of plants and animals)

Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome

What is Environmental Sustainability?

• Living within the limits of what the environment can provide

• Not using up the Natural Resources to allow the Earth to function properly

Multiple Select

Check all the reactants of Photosynthesis. There are more than two!

• Radiant Energy

• CO2

• Glucose

• Water

• Oxygen

Ecosystems start with Food Chains

Transfer of Energy within an Ecosystem starts with Radiant Energy

Poll

Radiant Energy from the sun is stored in the leaves of a tree as Chemical Energy.

• True

• False

Several Food Chains connected form a

Food Web

Transfer of Energy within an Ecosystem among many food chains are in Food Web's

Multiple Choice

Which of the following produces chemical energy for itself?

• Sun

• Producers

• Consumers

• Carnivores

Open Ended

What steps can we take to make our Biome (Earth) Sustainable?