RIME-4/11/22

RIME-4/11/22

By Charles Bullins

The prefix bio- means "living" Biotic factors are any factors in an ecosystem that are alive or were once alive.

Biotic Factor

​Abiotic factors are factors that were never alive and could never be alive. They still affect the ecosystem, though.

​​Abiotic Factor

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes what is in an ecosystem?

• All the living things.

• All the non-living things.

• All the living and non-living things in an area.

Multiple Choice

The variety of life in the world, a habitat, or an ecosystem

• biodiversity
• ecosystem
• mutations
• diversity

Multiple Choice

Abiotic can be defined as?

• An organism that is alive

• Non-living parts of the environment

• Living Parts of the environment

• A new kind of Pokemon that lives with Pikachu

Multiple Choice

All living things or organisms in an ecosystem are

• None

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

Multiple Select

Choose all the biotic factors

• Plants

• Sunlight

• Oxygen

• Insects

• Bacteria

Multiple Choice

Termites are tiny insects that can cause severe damage to homes and other structures that consist of wood. Termites are an example of what type of factor.

• Biotic

• Abiotic

Multiple Choice

The Sun is the source of all energy within an ecosystem. Plants depend on light from the sun in order to perform the process of photosynthesis. Sunlight is an example of what type of factor?

• Biotic

• Abiotic

Multiple Choice

An angler fish has a fleshy growth on its head that gives off light. This part acts as a lure to help the angler fish catch its prey. An anglerfish is an example of which type of factor?

• Biotic

• Abiotic

Use as many vocabulary words as you can. You can use your notes to complete your poster.

There are exemplars in the pictures to the right. ​

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​Take time to create a sketchnote poster about Ecosystems

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Aquatic Biome

Aquatic: Having to do with water 

Marine Biome

Marine Biome: Largest biome. (Oceans) 

Oceans are salt water ecosystems.

Salt water has salt in

Marine Biome

Marine biomes have the most biodiversity. This means that it has the most types of plants and animals.

Many animals live in the ocean, like dolphins and whales and jellyfish.

Marine Biome

Over 1 million plants and animals have been discovered in the oceans.

Algae is important, it makes oxygen so we can breathe.

Kelp

One type of algae is kelp. Kelp is important because it provides shelter and food for animals.

Kelp absorbs energy from waves before the waves hit the beach.

Multiple Choice

What does AQUATIC mean?

• water

• land

• plants

Multiple Choice

Which is a Marine Biome?

Multiple Choice

What type of water do oceans have?

• fresh

• salt

• brackish

Multiple Choice

What plant helps save the beach from waves?

• kelp

• tree

• grass

• bush

Multiple Choice

The two types of rainforest biomes are

• Temperate and tropical

• Tropical and climate

• Rain and snow

• Temperate and climate

Multiple Choice

The two types of rainforest biomes are

• Temperate and tropical

• Tropical and climate

• Rain and snow

• Temperate and climate

Write a Story

Write a story that shares texts, emails, or a face-time between two 5th-Grade animals. One lives in the desert and the other lives in the tropical rainforest. What would they tell each other about where they live? Would they complain about anything? Are there things they really like about their home that the other animal wouldn't understand because of where they live? Use your imagination and make it fun.

Multiple Choice

What makes a desert biome?

• no climate

• little or no rain

• very cold nights

• sun all day

What are Estuaries?

Estuaries are the places where freshwater from rivers mixes with salt water from the oceans. The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States.

Multiple Choice

An estuary is best defined as a place where--

• fresh and salt water meet

• a river meets the Chesapeake Bay

• a group of animals are gathered

• the water from the land flows into a river

Salt Level of Estuaries

Each day as the tide rises, saltwater is brought into the estuary. Freshwater comes down the rivers and creeks and mixes with this saltwater. During the dry season there may not be much freshwater flowing down the rivers. This can make the estuary very salty. When the river brings in extra water after heavy rainfall, the salinity, or the amount of salt, in the water of the bay will be reduced and the water is less salty. The plants and animals that live in an estuary must be able to adapt to the changes in salinity.

Multiple Choice

When there is not as much fresh water entering an estuary, the amount of salt will

• decrease

• increase

Multiple Choice

More salt water entering an estuary will cause there to be a higher or lower salt content

• higher

• lower

What live in Estuaries?

The sheltered waters of estuaries are home to countless plants and animals that like to live in water that is part fresh and part salty. Examples include horseshoe crabs, ospreys, manatees, mangroves, and sea grasses. Hundreds of fish and shellfish, such as scallops, shrimp, and salmon, live in estuaries at some point in their life.

Estuaries and Water Quality

Estuaries protect water quality by filtering out dirt and pollution. These habitats also filter out pollution from the water and protect the surrounding region from flooding.   As we build more homes and businesses around estuaries and pave new roads, we are destroying precious habitats and threatening the water quality of the estuary. 

Multiple Choice

Estuaries protect water quality by

• causing floods

• filtering out dirt and pollution

• causing more pollution

Estuaries and Nutrients

Plants and animals need nutrients, or “food,” such as nitrogen and phosphorus, in order to grow. However, if an estuary has too many nutrients, too much algae will grow, creating algae blooms. These algae blooms block sunlight and can suffocate fish and plant life by using up valuable oxygen from the water. Nutrients can enter estuaries from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, and fertilizers used in farming and on lawns, and polluted air from power plants and cars.

Review: Deciduous Forest

• Trees lose leaves in the winter

• Trees have big, broad leaves to absorb sun in the summer

• 4 seasons

Dedicous forest

• WHERE WE LIVE!!!!!!!!!

• 86° 50°F

• insects, frogs, snakes, rats, turtles

Multiple Choice

Do we live in the deciduous forest biome?

• Yes

• No, THE tropical rain forest.

• No

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​Be sure to tell me WHY we have 4 seasons and what plants and animals must do to adapt to 4 seasons.

Draw a picture that shows the 4 seasons in a Deciduous Forest

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