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Ecology Day 2

This document provides information about biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem. It includes a table for classifying example items as biotic or abiotic. It then discusses different species interactions like producers, consumers, decomposers, food chains, food webs, niches, and energy pyramids. Students are instructed to take notes on these topics and complete a reading with examples highlighted.

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Ecology Day 2

This document provides information about biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem. It includes a table for classifying example items as biotic or abiotic. It then discusses different species interactions like producers, consumers, decomposers, food chains, food webs, niches, and energy pyramids. Students are instructed to take notes on these topics and complete a reading with examples highlighted.

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Warmup for 2/6

Write each of these items in the appropriate column.

Soil

Oak leaf

Glass

Mold
Potato

Cloud

Bacteria

FingernailSand

Paper
seed
Plastic
Fire

Air

Water
Blood

Yeast

Which of these things


are biotic and which are
abiotic?
Make a table and list
them as biotic or abiotic

Agenda
New

supporting target
Niches
Food webs
A worksheet

New Supporting Target


I

Write on
page 5!

can explain how a change or event in


one part of the environment can affect
other parts of the environment
I

can list and describe specific ways in which


species interact with other species

Copy down this one

Species: a group of organisms


that are able to reproduce,
and are similar genetically and
in appearance

JOBS (Niches)
Start on your next blank page of notes!

Producers:

Organisms that
make their own food using
sunlight.

They will help to feed all the


animals in a community. They
also make oxygen
(photosynthesis)

Examples: plants, blue-green algae and


some bacteria

Consumer
Consumer

- anything that
eats something else.
(Anything that cant
perform photosynthesis)

Primary Consumers

Primary

Consumer:
animals that only eat
plants, also called
herbivores
Herbivores eat only
plants
Examples: deer, mice
and rabbits

Secondary Consumers

Secondary

Consumer:
Animals that eat other
animals, also called
carnivores

Examples:

owls eat mice,


lions eat zebra

Decomposers

Decomposers:

Get their
food by breaking down
dead matter. They are
very important to a
community because
they recycle nutrients

Example:

fungus, maggots,
slugs, worms, bacteria

Decomposer
Example: Fungi

Omnivore

Omnivore

animal that eats


both plants and
animals.
Example: bear

Scavenger

Scavenger - An
animal, such as a
bird or insect, that
feeds on dead or
decaying matter.
Example:

Vulture

Food Chain

Food Chain; A diagram that shows the


transfer of energy (food) in a community.
Example: grass Bug Bird Cat

Food Chain

Food Web

food

web
several
interconnected
food chains

Food Webs:
More complete,
More complex,
More realistic

Energy Pyramid: a diagram that shows energy loss


in the food chain

Second-order
Consumers
FirstCons
Producers

Second-order
Consumers
First-order
Consumers
Producers

Secondary
Consumers
Primary
Consumers
Producers

E. Energy Pyramid:
Energy pyramid: a diagram that

shows energy

LOSS in a food chain


Bottom of pyramid
Lots of organisms (lots of energy available)
Top of Pyramid
Few organisms (little energy available)

Secondary
Consumers
Primary
Consumers

1%
90%
10%
90%

Producers
100%

The 10% Rule

Only

10% of the energy is

passed onto the next level.

Why are there fewer organisms at the top level?

Third-order
Consumer

Reading: Species Interactions


Use

a TWO COLOR highlighting strategy:

First

color: highlight the DEFINITIONS of all bold


words

Second

color: highlight EXAMPLES of each bold word

After

you have finished the reading, answer


questions 1-4 on the last page

You

have 20 minutes. Follow Reading Norms.

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