Interdependence
Living things competing with each other to get the things they need to live in their local habitat (ecosystem).
The distribution and abundance of organisms is determined by the interactions between organisms, and between organisms and the non-living environment.
What are living things in an ecosystem are affected by changes in the environment, such as changes to the food supply, climate change, or the introduction of predators.
Wolves of Yellowstone - Ecology & Human Impact:
In this MEA, students will decide how many wolves to introduce into Yellowstone National Park's ecosystem. The number of wolves could influence many factors, from the tourism industry to local farming businesses, as well as the populations of other species in the area. Students must choose to introduce the number of wolves they feel will be most beneficial to the preservation of Yellowstone National Park as determined by the mission statement of Yellowstone and the National Park Service.
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The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
What is biodiversity?
What happens when species lose their habitats
Both human activities and natural events can have major impacts on the environment What is a mutual relationship between people and other living things?
They don't know where to go and they die out
Different types of consumers in a food chain, including animals that eat plants, animals that eat other animals, and animals that eat plants and animals all impact each other.
Relationships among organisms: including helping each other (mutualism); obtaining food (predation); benefiting at the expense of the other (parasitism); and competing with each other for food, space, or shelter (competition).
What is a food web?
The combination of all the food chains which exist within a community
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Genetic Diversity
Species Diversity
Ecosystem Diversity
What are the 3 main levels of biodiversity?
Energy flows from the sun through producers to consumers.
What is a food chain?
A food chain describes the order which organisms, or living things, depend on each other for food.
In a simple food chain, energy transfers from the Sun to plants (producers), to animals (consumers), and to organisms that cause decay (decomposers).
Plants=Producers
Animals=Consumers
Worms=Decomposers
All the sauce we depend on including: Clean Water, Food, Shelter, and Medicine are all examples.
What does biodiversity do for humans?
Pollution threatens biodiversity because with earth's capacity to sustain life reduced, less animals will be able to survive and their environments and habitats could be damaged
How do humans cause global change and how does it effect species?
Organism that have a range of habitats
The nonliving parts of an environment: carbon and oxygen, rocks, weather, sun, water, landforms
The living part of an environment; flora, fauna, bacteria.
What are abiotic components of ecosystems?
What are biotic componets of ecosystems?
Energy and nutrients move within and between biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems via physical, chemical and biological processes.
What is the difference between endangered species and threatened species?
All the sauce we depend on including: Clean Water, Food, Shelter, and Medicine are all examples.
Endangered species are in danger of going extinct throughout the world, while Threatened species are considered likely to become extinct in the future
What does Biodiversity do for us humans?
Human activities and natural events can have profound effects on populations, biodiversity and ecosystem processes.
"Without a cloud there will be no water; without water, the trees cannot grow; and without trees, you cannot make paper. So the cloud is in here. There existence of this page is dependent on th existence of a cloud."
Name 5 ways humans impact biodiversity
Overfishing Hunting Destroying habitats though agriculture Use of pesticides and herbicides Release of toxic waste
Name 3 reasons why habitat loss occurs
Pollution Industry Climate Change
Give an example of movement corridors
Pollution Global Change threatens biodiversity because with earth's capacity to sustain life reduced, less animals will be able to survive and their environments and habitats could be damaged
How do humans cause global change and how does it effect species?
A bridge made for animals to cross
What is Interdependence?