Ecological Organization/Kelp Forest

Agenda

• Review

• Guided notes

• Watch videos

• Read article

• Kelp forest assignment

I can describe and give examples for the vocabulary words used.

I know I have it when...

Learn vocabulary related to the organization of ecosystems.

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Learning intentions

Reorder

Put these in order of energy flow. Put primary producer on the left.

<<<<<<<<<<Primary producer<<<<<<<<<

• Primary Producer

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

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2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Open Ended

In your own words, what is a Keystone Species?

Primary producer > primary consumer > secondary consumer > tertiary consumer

​Flow of Energy

A keystone species is an organism that helps hold the system together. Without its keystone species, ecosystems would look very different.

​Keystone species

Review

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT eating grass in our food web?

• Grasshopper

• Mouse

• Frog

• Rabbit

​Ecology Vocabulary

Organism: A single living thing
Population: Group of the same species living in the same area
Carrying capacity: Greatest number of individuals that the environment can sustain
Limiting factors: prevent overpopulation. These include lack of resources, competition, disease.

​Ecology Vocabulary

Community: Many populations living in the same area.
Niche: The role an organism plays in an ecosystem. This includes where it lives, what it eats, and what conditions it can survive in (temperature, humidity, etc.).
Competition: When two organisms are fighting for the same resources. Intraspecific competition is between the same species, interspecific competition is between different species.

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Organisms compete for limited resources such as food, water, territory, sunlight, mates, and much more!

​Ecology Vocabulary

Ecosystem: All the biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) factors in the same area.
Biome: Large area with a distinct climate, plant, and animal life.
Biosphere: The part of the Earth where life can be found. This stretches from the ocean depths to about 11 miles into the atmosphere.

​Individual > Population > Community > Ecosystem > Biome > Biosphere

​Read the following article

https://www.ccber.ucsb.edu/ucsb-natural-history-collections-botanical-algae/ecology-seaweed-and-its-environmental-significance

​Kelp Forest Assignment

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hn12ryzPoXvRouXs8l64nWUUfNVovGacth2yQ3ZATxA/copy

Due next class!

​Kelp forest is a summative assessment

If you do not finish this assignment in class, you will finish it at home for homework. Remember to turn it in under "website URL".