Interdependency
Interdependency
When elements within an
ecosystem depend on each
other to survive
Interdependency
Organisms interact
with living things
and nonliving
things…
…to survive in their ecosystem
Interdependency
Plants interact with
living things
and also require
nonliving things to
survive
Interdependency
Animals depend on
other living things
and nonliving things to
survive
Ecosystem
A community of living
things and nonliving
things in their natural
environment
Ecosystem
A community of living things…
Animals
Plants
Bacteria
Fungus
Ecosystem
…and nonliving things…
Sunlight
Air
(oxygen &
carbon
dioxide)
Water
Soil
Ecosystem
…in their natural environment.
Ecosystem
Relationship
The way things work with
or affect other things
within an ecosystem
Ecosystem relationship
Sunflower and sunshine
Ecosystem relationship
Hummingbird and flower
Ecosystem relationship
Eagle and fish
Ecosystem elements
• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer
• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Omnivore
Ecosystem elements
•
•
•
•
•
•
Producer
Consumer
Decomposer
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
Potato
Ecosystem elements
•
•
•
•
•
•
Producer
Consumer
Decomposer
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
Bearded Dragon
Lizard
Ecosystem elements
•
•
•
•
•
•
Producer
Consumer
Decomposer
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
Worm
Ecosystem elements
•
•
•
•
•
•
Producer
Consumer
Decomposer
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
Turtle
Ecosystem elements
•
•
•
•
•
•
Producer
Consumer
Decomposer
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
Lion
Ecosystem elements
•
•
•
•
•
•
Producer
Consumer
Decomposer
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
Bear
Organism
Any living thing
• plant
• animal
• fungus
• bacteria
Living things
Things that
• grow
• change
• produce waste
• reproduce
• die
Living things
Meerkat
Living things
Crawfish
Living things
Frog
Living things
Tree
Living things
Mushroom (fungus)
Living things
Listeria (bacteria)
Nonliving things
Things that
• support living things
• do not grow
• do not change
• do not reproduce
Nonliving things
Sunlight
Nonliving things
Air
Nonliving things
Water
Nonliving things
Soil
Living or nonliving?
Living
Living or nonliving?
Nonliving
Living or nonliving?
Living
Living or nonliving?
Living
Name the living and nonliving things
Air
Trees
Sunshine
Waterfall
Name the living and nonliving things
Soil
Air
Sunshine
Plants
Name the living and nonliving things
Rock
Orca
Water
Air
Name the living and nonliving things
Sand
Air
Sunshine
Plants
Ecosystems
The End
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