Introduction to Ecosystems

Introduction to Ecosystems

Learning Objective:
Learn vocabulary words for ecosystems/ecology
Review previous vocabulary words

Ecosystems are made up of biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) pieces.

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What is an ecosystem?

Match

Match the following

• Elephant

• Tree

• Soil

Biotic (animal)

Biotic (plant)

Abiotic (environment)

• Biotic (animal)

• Biotic (plant)

• Abiotic (environment)

Alive
Plants, animals
Interact with each other and the environment

Biotic

Not alive (non-living)
Water, temperature
Decides the environment living things interact with

Abiotic

An organism is a single living thing, which lives in a population with others of its same species. This species lives in a community with other living things. All these living things and their environment (abiotic factors) make up an ecosystem.

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Parts of an ecosystem

Match

Match the following

• Organism

• Population

• Species

• Community

• Ecosystem

Single living thing

Multiple of the same species together

Can have babies together

Different living things together

Living things and their environment

• Single living thing

• Multiple of the same species together

• Can have babies together

• Different living things together

• Living things and their environment

​We observe, collect information, and ask questions.

Observation

Come up with a testable guess that can be investigated.

Hypothesis

​Test the hypothesis, collect data, do analysis.

Testing

Understand data, make conclusions, repeat process to learn more.

​​Repeat

​What is Science?

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Testing

• Repeat

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