1. Agri-science Mr. Bailey
Wildlife Ecosystems
Agri-science
Mr. Bailey

2. Your Task!!! Draw what you think a wildlife ecosystem looks like.
You have 5 minutes

3. What is an Ecosystem? Are in areas known as biomes
Biome – large area with a distinct combination of animals and plants

4. Biomes in the U.S. Five in the U.S. Tropical Areas Temperate Forest
Grasslands
Tundra
Desert

5. Which biome is Kentucky?
Temperate deciduous forest
Means it has different seasons and leaf fall

6. What two items are found in every ecosystem?
Abiotic – nonliving organisms
Biotic – living organisms

7. Can you name the abiotic factors?
Water
Sunlight
Air
Weather
Soil

8. Can you name the biotic factors?
Plants
Animals
Micro-organisms

9. Ecosystems How big can an ecosystem be?
As small as a field or as big as an ocean
How can an ecosystem sustain itself over time?
Having a balance of abiotic and biotic factors

10. Simple Food Chain

11. Food Chain Common to Kentucky
Ask students what is going on here?
Ask students what happens when one part of the food chain is taken away?

12. What did we learn from the Food Chain?
Dependent on the components found in it
When one is taken away then the entire system has to readjust
If it cannot then the system collapses

13. Exit Slip
Briefly describe a wildlife ecosystem found in Kentucky.