Ecosystems

How are a biome and an ecosystem different? Biomes: large areas of the world contain similar plants, animals and living organisms. contain multiple ecosystems that are similar to each other. Ecosystems: significantly smaller Can vary in size interactions that take places between animals, plants, soil, nutrients and other living organisms within a specific area

Abiotic Factors Sunlight Nutients Water Photosynthesis plants convert CO2 and sunlight into energy Soil Oxygen

Biotic What type of animals might we see in a biome? What is one animal called? Organism How do we put them into groups? Species Organisms that can reproduce with each other Population How many of 1 species in an ecosystem Community A populations of different species interacting in an ecosystem

Habitat Habitat: is the specific area of natural environment where an organism lives In what habitat would we find the:

Ecological Hierarchy This grouping is called an ecological hierarchy. Move from smallest group – to the largest Individual (smallest group) species  population (how many?)  community

Interaction between members of two different species that live together in close association

3 Types of Symbiosis Mutualism both organisms benefit Commensalism one species benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped Parasitism one species benefits and the other is harmed

Which type of Symbiosis?

Which type of Symbiosis? Brood Parasitism