1. News http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/ articles/2009/10/05/ri_considers_water_rate_incr ease/http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/ articles/2009/10/05/ri_considers_water_rate_incr ease/ http://www.maforests.org/Impacts.htm http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusett s/articles/2009/10/06/400_witness_the_monarch s_taking_wing/http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusett s/articles/2009/10/06/400_witness_the_monarch s_taking_wing/ http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/1 0/06/alternative_energy_vehicles_on_exhibit/http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/1 0/06/alternative_energy_vehicles_on_exhibit/ http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/20 09/10/05/russia_wharf_tower_plan_holds_water/

2. Ecosystems Interactions between biotic and abiotic factors Interactions between individuals, species, and trophic levels

3. Energy Autotrophs—primary producers Heterotrophs –Primary consumers –Seconday consumers –Tertiary consumers –Top predators –Decomposers

4. Food Webs Image courtesy of Thompsma,Wikipedia under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public DomainThompsma Creative CommonsCC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain

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6. Niche Resource Partitioning Images removed due to copyright restrictions.

7. Niche Choose an organism Describe its niche –Biotic factors –Abiotic factors

8. Populations-Abiotic Factors Images removed due to copyright restrictions.

9. Predator-Prey Relationships In pairs, choose an organism (one predator, one prey) Describe your adaptations to optimize your success Discuss how these 2 organisms will interact

10. Populations-Biotic Factors Camouflage Mutualism Succession Image courtesy of WikipediaWikipedia Image courtesy of WikipediaWikipedia Image courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

11. Carrying Capacity Images removed due to copyright restrictions.