Draw a food web for you (the animals/plants that you eat) Journal #14 Draw a food web for you (the animals/plants that you eat)

Ecology

Today’s Learning Goal Today, we will analyze food webs and identify organisms as either producers or consumers.

Ecosystems ___________________-A community of organisms and the environment that the organisms inhabit The largest ecosystem- ___________________ ___________________-Organisms that maker their own food Examples: Plants ___________________-Organisms that get their energy by eating other organisms Example: Cats, Humans ___________________-Consumers that get their energy by breaking down dead organisms Some bacteria

Balancing Forces ______________________________________-The largest population that an environment can support at any given time Depends on the available resources Changes in any one part of an ecosystem may affect the entire system in unpredictable ways Example: Forest fire The ultimate source for almost every ecosystem is the ___________________ Plants capture solar energy through ___________________

Food Chains & Webs ___________________the sequence in which organisms consume other organisms Many organisms eat more than one species so a food web is used to represent relationships between multiple food chains.

Humans and the Environment Humans are part of the global ecosystem. Stewardship of Earth’s resources is important to maintaining healthy ecosystems