Biome Project

Day 1 Biotic and abotic factors Climatograms

Bio- means life A- means without

Biotic factors are those things that have life. Ex. Trees, squirrels, bears, humans

Abiotic factors are those things that are without life Ex. Rocks, soil, water, wind, climate

Ecology is the study of the relationships between the biotic and abiotic factors.

Climatograms Are graphs that show two important abiotic climatic factors – temperature and precipitation. Temperature is plotted as a line graph. Precipitation is plotted as a bar graph.

Day 2 Food chains/ food webs

Food Chain shark fish paramecium algae

Tertiary consumer Secondary consumer Primary consumer producer

Day 3 Energy pyramids

bass minnows paramecium algae

Day 4 niches

Habitat the place where an organism lives Ex. A tadpole lives in a pond

uses in its environment Niche: all strategies and adaptations a species uses in its environment to meet its needs at a given time

Niche how an organism meets its needs for food and shelter how and where it survives where it reproduces

Niche includes that organisms interactions with biotic and abiotic parts of the habitat.

No two organisms can fill the same niche at the same time in the same habitat. So, each organisms niche is unique.

An organism in a niche has adaptations that give it an advantage over other organisms that may be competing for the same niche in the same environment.

Example: A leopard frog lives in & along the shore of ponds is a predator that captures insects with its sticky tongue reproduces by laying jelly-like eggs in the shallow water

Day 5 Symbiosis