Name: ____________________________________________Per. ____Date:______
OAA Topic #5-Classification of Organisms and Interactions in Ecosystems
The due date for this packets and this topic quiz is scheduled for _____________________.
The next OAA review is a life science topic. There are 10 Learning targets for this topic. The
links and information that you will need to complete this packet can be found on SchoolPointe in
the OAA folder (Topic #5-Classification/ Ecosystems) and in the textbooks provided in our
classrooms. Unlike other topics, you may write your answers directly in the spaces provided
under each learning target.
As always, a DATA assignment will be offered for those who pass the OAA quiz with a 75% or
above and have a completed packet on the day of the quiz. Good luck!
Learning Targets
#1- Identify the Science that specializes in classifying organisms. Identify the broadest
category for classifying organisms and the most specific category (Kingdom, Phylum, Class,
Order, Family, Genus, Species). Explain and show with an example how organisms are
scientifically named (Ex. Homo sapiens).
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookDivers_class.html
http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/Categorizing-Mother-Nature-TheLinnaean-Taxonomic-System.id-5306.html (don’t take offense here!)
is the Science that specializes
in classifying organisms.
How do you scientifically name
an organism?
Give an example of a scientific
name for a common organism
and tell what that organism is.
#2-Identify the 6 major Kingdoms. Give examples of organisms within each Kingdom.
http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/table_kingdoms.htm
Kingdoms
Description
Examples of organisms in this
kingdom
Animalia
Plantae
Fungi
Protista
Monera
Archaebacteria
#3-Define ecosystem. Describe the different types of land Biomes.
http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/ecosystems.htm
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_ecosystem.html
http://www.nhptv.org/NatureWorks/nwepecosystems.htm
Ecosystem:
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Biome:
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Biome
Description
Example of Location
Tundra
Taiga (Cold
Climate Forest)
Temperate
Deciduous
Forest
Desert
Grassland
Savannah
Tropical
Rainforest
#4- Define abiotic and biotic resources and provide at least 3 examples of each.
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210243/Science%20Station/How%20living%20things%20inte
ract%20with%20their%20environment/relationship%20of%20biotic%20and%20abiotic%20fact
ors.htm
http://capita.wustl.edu/ME567_Informatics/concepts/ecosys.html
Abiotic Factors:
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Biotic Factors:
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Abiotic Factors (examples)
Biotic Factors (examples)
#5-Define ecosystem, a habitat, a population, and a community.
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/habitat/habitat.html
Ecosystem:
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Community:
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Population:
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Habitat:
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#6-Identify the different types of symbiotic relationships within an ecosystem ( Parasite/host,
Mutualism, and Commensalism). Be able to give 2 different examples of each type of
relationship. Explain how those organsisms interact.
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/S/Symbiosis.html
(scroll to middle of page)
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Type of Relationship
(define in this column)
Mutualism:
Example (2 each)
Description of how both
organisms interact
Commensalism:
Parasitism:
(Identify the Parasite and the Host)
#7-Define producers, consumers, decomposers, predators, or prey and give examples of each.
http://www.cas.psu.edu/DOCS/WEBCOURSE/WETLAND/WET1/balnat.html#cons
#8-Understand that a consumer can be a herbivore, carnivore, or omnivore. Define each term
and give examples of each.
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_foodchain.html
Definitions
Producers:
Consumers:
 Herbivores:
 Carnivores:
 Omnivores:
Decomposers:
Predator:
Prey:
Examples
#9-Create a simple food chain. Use your food chain within a food web ( do not use the example
given in the website).
http://www.sciencebob.com/lab/q-web-chain.html
http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/102/ecosystem.html#FoodChainsandWebs4
http://www.cas.psu.edu/DOCS/WEBCOURSE/WETLAND/WET1/make.html
http://www.cas.psu.edu/DOCS/WEBCOURSE/WETLAND/WET1/identify.html
FOOD CHAIN
FOOD WEB
#10-Describe competition within and ecosystem. Provide an example of two different species
competing for the same resource. Be able to infer how populations within an ecosystem may
change when one competing species increases in number or when resources decrease.
http://saburchill.com/ans02/chapters/chap019.html
A few Practice Resources
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/orchid/clas_flash.html (A review game-Classification)
http://www.quia.com/quiz/244317.html (abiotic and biotic factors)