1. Ecosystems and Communities

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The Greenhouse Effect
How does the greenhouse effect maintain the biosphere's temperature range?
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The Greenhouse Effect
The Greenhouse Effect
Atmospheric gases that trap the heat energy of sunlight and maintain Earth's temperature range include:
carbon dioxide
methane
water vapor
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The Greenhouse Effect
Sunlight
Some heat escapes into space
The natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth’s atmosphere by this layer of gases is called the greenhouse effect.
Greenhouse gases trap some heat
Greenhouse gases trap some heat
Carbon dioxide, water vapor, and several other gases in the atmosphere allow solar radiation to enter the biosphere but slow down the loss of heat to space. These greenhouse gases cause the greenhouse effect, which helps maintain Earth’s temperature range.
Atmosphere
Earth’s Surface
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5. 4-2 What Shapes an Ecosystem?
Photo Credit: ©Michael Fogden/DRK PHOTO
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6. Biotic and Abiotic Factors
Ecosystems are influenced by a combination of biological and physical factors.
Biotic – biological factors
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7. Biotic and Abiotic Factors
Physical, or nonliving, factors that shape ecosystems are called abiotic factors.
Abiotic factors include:
temperature
precipitation
humidity
wind
nutrient availability
soil type
sunlight
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8. Biotic and Abiotic Factors
How do biotic and abiotic factors influence an ecosystem?
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9. Biotic and Abiotic Factors
The area where an organism lives is called its habitat. A habitat includes both biotic and abiotic factors.
HABITAT SONG
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10. What’s that. Habitat. C’est quoi. L’habitat. What’s that. Habitat
What’s that? Habitat! C’est quoi? L’habitat ! What’s that? Habitat ! C’est Quoi? L’habitat ! Habitat, habitat is where it’s at

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Now every living creature Needs a place to roam We all need a shelter We can call our home We’ll die without food and water, It’s as simple as that Put it all together And it’s call habitat
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12. Habitat, habitat is where it’s at
What’s that? Habitat!
C’est quoi? L’habitat !
What’s that? Habitat !
C’est Quoi? L’habitat !
Habitat, habitat is where it’s at
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13. Food! (Food!) Water (Water!) Shelter! (Shelter!) Space! (Space!) (3X)
Habitat, habitat is where it’s at
Just think about that beaver
He’s in water all the time

14. He stockpiles leaves and branches All through the summertime
He stores them under water
And it the winter he stays fat
‘Cos they’re under the ice outside
His lodge and that’s his habitat

15. Habitat, habitat is where it’s at
What’s that? Habitat!
C’est quoi? L’habitat !
What’s that? Habitat !
C’est Quoi? L’habitat !
Habitat, habitat is where it’s at
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16. Now a grizzly bear needs lots of space to find all the food she needs
To feed herself and her cubs real well
With fish, raw meat and berries
She gets her water from the lakes and
Streams and by the autumn she’s so fat
She stays in her den, doesn’t eat
All winter and that’s her habitat

17. Habitat, habitat is where it’s at
What’s that? Habitat!
C’est quoi? L’habitat !
What’s that? Habitat !
C’est Quoi? L’habitat !
Habitat, habitat is where it’s at

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The Niche
The Niche
A niche is the full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the way in which the organism uses those conditions.
No two species can share the same niche in the same habitat
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19. Community Interactions
What interactions occur within communities?
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20. Community Interactions
Competition
Competition occurs when organisms of the same or different species attempt to use an ecological resource in the same place at the same time.
A resource is any necessity of life, such as water, nutrients, light, food, or space.
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21. Community Interactions
Direct competition in nature often results in a winner and a loser—with the losing organism failing to survive.
The competitive exclusion principle states that no two species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same time.
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22. Community Interactions
The distribution of these warblers avoids direct competition, because each species feeds in a different part of the tree. 18 12
Feeding height (m)
Cape May Warbler
Each of these warbler species has a different niche in its spruce tree habitat. By feeding in different areas of the tree, the birds avoid competing with one another for food.
Bay-Breasted Warbler 6
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
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23. Community Interactions
Predation
An interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism is called predation.
The organism that does the killing and eating is called the predator, and the food organism is the prey.

24. Community Interactions
Symbiosis
Any relationship in which two species live closely together is called symbiosis.
Symbiotic relationships include:
mutualism
commensalism
parasitism
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25. Community Interactions
Mutualism: both species benefit from the relationship.
Commensalism: one member of the association benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
Parasitism: one organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it.
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26. Ecological Succession
What is ecological succession?
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27. Ecological Succession
This series of predictable changes that occurs in a community over time is called ecological succession.
Sometimes, an ecosystem changes in response to an abrupt disturbance.
At other times, change occurs as a more gradual response to natural fluctuations in the environment.
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28. Ecological Succession
Primary Succession
On land, succession that occurs on surfaces where no soil exists is called primary succession. For example, primary succession occurs on rock surfaces formed after volcanoes erupt.
The first species to populate the area are called pioneer species.
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29. Ecological Succession
In this example, a volcanic eruption has destroyed the previous ecosystem.
Primary succession occurs on newly exposed surfaces, such as this newly deposited volcanic rock and ash.
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30. Ecological Succession
The first organisms to appear are lichens.
Primary succession occurs on newly exposed surfaces, such as this newly deposited volcanic rock and ash.
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31. Ecological Succession
Mosses soon appear, and grasses take root in the thin layer of soil.
Primary succession occurs on newly exposed surfaces, such as this newly deposited volcanic rock and ash.
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32. Ecological Succession
Eventually, tree seedlings and shrubs sprout among the plant community.
Primary succession occurs on newly exposed surfaces, such as this newly deposited volcanic rock and ash.
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33. Ecological Succession
Secondary Succession
Components of an ecosystem can be changed by natural events, such as fires.
When the disturbance is over, community interactions tend to restore the ecosystem to its original condition through secondary succession. 
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Examples of secondary succession are found in former farm fields or when a pond dies and begins to fill in.
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4-2
Which of the following is a biotic factor in a bullfrog's niche?
water
a heron
climate
day length
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4-2
An organism’s niche is different from its habitat because
The niche does not include the place where the organism lives.
the niche includes all the conditions under which the organism lives.
the niche includes only abiotic factors.
the niche includes only biotic factors.
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4-2
The attempt by organisms of the same or different species to use a resource at the same time in the same place is called
competition.
predation.
symbiosis.
cooperation.
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An association between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed is called
symbiosis.
mutualism.
commensalism.
parasitism.
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4-2
When a volcano erupts and completely destroys an ecosystem, the first species to populate the area are usually
grasses and shrubs.
pioneers such as lichens.
small plants such as mosses.
small animals such as rodents.
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