Ecology
Hodge
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Food Web
Ecosystems
Food Chain
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What is Ecology?
Ecology is the
Scientific Study of
how organisms
interact with their
environment and all
other organisms that
live in that
environment.
What is an
Organism? .
An Organism is an
individual living
thing, made up
one or many cells,
that is capable of
reproducing.
Microorganisms and fish are a
few ________ that make up a
ponds ecosystem.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cycles
Abiotic Factors
Biotic Factors
Climate
C. Biotic
Factors
What is an
Abiotic factor?
Name 3
examples.
An Abiotic factor is a
nonliving part of an
ecosystem.
Examples: Light, Solid,
Temperature, Water
DAILY
*DOUBLE*
•Describe how
temperature, light,
and soil affect an
Ecosystem.
They determine
the abundance
amount of plant
life.
What are the 3
main parts of a
Food Chain?
1. Producers
2. Consumers
3. Decomposers
What do
Producers make?
Give 2 examples of
a Producer.
Producers make
their own food.
Examples:
Trees and Plants
Name the 3
different types of
consumers. You
must also give an
example for each.
1. Herbivore, planter Eater
(Rabbit)
2. Carnivore, meat eater
(lion)
3. Omnivore, eats plants
and meat (Bear, Humans)
What is a
decomposer?
A decomposer is an
organisms that
breaks down dead
plants and animals.
Explain what would
happen in an ecosystem if
all of the carnivores were
killed off? What would
happen to the rest of the
animals?
At first the herbivores
would become over
populated in their
ecosystem; and then they
would eat more food
(plants) that the land could
produce. They would
mostly likely starve.
What is an
Ecosystem?
An ecosystem is a
particular
environment and all
living things that are
supported by it.
What kind of ecosystem
will support the most
amount of life?
A. Temperate
B. Tropical
C. Arctic
D. Dry
B. Tropical
Name at least 5
different types
of Ecosystems.
1. Tropical Rain Forest
2. Desert
3. Mountain
4. Ocean
5. Forest
Describe the role
of producers,
consumers, and
decomposers in an
Ecosystem.
Producers make sugars
using sunlight. Consumers
will eat producers and other
consumers. Decomposers
break down dead producers
and consumers.
DOUBLE
JEOPARDY!!
• Explain why a Food Web
provides a better model of
an ecosystem than a Food
Chain.
Food Webs show
that one organism
can have more
then one role in an
ecosystem.
?
.
.
Plants take in _______ to
make sugar- a process
called photosynthesis.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Oxygen
Soil
Carbon Dioxide
Dead plants and animals
C. Carbon
Dioxide
Explain why the
Water Cycle is so
important for life
on Earth.
All Plants and
animals need water
survive! Where there
is water you
will find
.
life.
Which best describes
the components of an
Ecosystem?
A. light, water, soil & temperature
B. Autotrophs and Heterotrophs
C. Biotic and Abiotic Factors
D. Producers, Consumers &
Decomposers
C. Biotic and
Abiotic Factors
What is the
primary energy
for all
ecosystems?
THE SUN
Which of these
is a Decomposer?
A. Vulture
B. Sunflower
C. Musk Ox
D.Fungi
D. FUNGI
What is the process
called how a plant
uses the Sun’s energy
and Carbon Dioxide to
make food?
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Describe a
Forests
Ecosystem Food
Web.
The Sun’s energy helps the trees,
plants and grass grow. The
Herbivores (deer, rabbits &
birds,) will eat the producers.
The Carnivores (snakes, owls
& wolves) will eat the
herbivores. The Decomposers
will help break down all dead
plants and animals.