1. 1 Habitat & Niche Habitat is the place a plant or animal lives Habitat is the place a plant or animal lives Niche is an organism’s total way of life Niche is an organism’s total way of life

2. 2 The Nonliving Environment Abiotic factors- the nonliving parts of an organism’s environment. Abiotic factors- the nonliving parts of an organism’s environment. Examples include air currents, temperature, moisture, light, and soil. Examples include air currents, temperature, moisture, light, and soil. Abiotic factors affect an organism’s life. Abiotic factors affect an organism’s life.

3. 3 The Living Environment Biotic factors- all the living organisms that inhabit an environment. Biotic factors- all the living organisms that inhabit an environment. All organisms depend on others directly or indirectly for food, shelter, reproduction, or protection. All organisms depend on others directly or indirectly for food, shelter, reproduction, or protection.

7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz6AP0cM

8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiG3yokCO ug

9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fO0zHiAI G8

10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3bWqlPLp Mg

11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7HCIGFd Bt8

13. Relationship TypeSpecies ASpecies B Predation Competition Parasitism Mutualism Commensalism

14. Ecology Core and Ecology Option http://www.nodvin.net/snhu/SCI219 /demos/Chapter_4/index.html

15. Ecosystems and Energy Interactions Objectives Describe what is meant by a food chain, giving three examples, each with at least three linkages (four organisms) (2) Describe what is meant by a food web (2) Deduce the trophic level of organisms in food chain and a food web (3) Construct a food web containing up to 10 organisms, using appropriate information. (3) State that light is the initial energy source for almost all communities. (1) Explain the energy flow in a food chain. (3) State that energy transformations are never 100% efficient (1) Explain reasons for the shape of pyramids of energy. (3) Explain that energy enters and leaves ecosystems, but nutrients must be recycled. (3) State that saprotrophic bacteria and fungi (decomposers) recycle nutrients. (1) Define species, habitat, population, community, ecosystem, and ecology. (1) autotroph and heterotroph, consumers, detritivores and saprotroph,trophic level (1

16. Construct a pyramid of energy, given appropriate information. (3) Outline the changes in species diversity and production during primary succession. (2) Explain the effects of living organisms on the abiotic environment with reference to the changes occurring during primary succession. (3) Explain how rainfall and temperature affect the distribution of biomes. (3) Outline the characteristics of six major biomes. (2) gross production, net production and biomass. (1)primary and secondary succession using an example of each. (2)biome and biosphere. (2)

19. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZig6EL5B 6A

20. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az9SbsK0j1M

22. Read this articles and generate a food web. http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2004/112-8/focus.html

29. 29 Ecological Pyramids Graphic Representations Of The Relative Amounts of Energy or Matter At Each Trophic Level May be: Energy Pyramid Biomass Pyramid Pyramid of Numbers

30. 30 Pyramid of Numbers

31. 31 Biomass Pyramid

34. 34 Food Chains Show Available Energy

35. 35 Another way of showing the transfer of energy in an ecosystem is the ENERGY PYRAMID Unit: KJ/Meter square/Year

38. 38 Energy Pyramids Show Amount of available energy decreases for higher consumersAmount of available energy decreases for higher consumers Amount of available energy decreases down the food chainAmount of available energy decreases down the food chain It takes a large number of producers to support a small number of primary consumersIt takes a large number of producers to support a small number of primary consumers It takes a large number of primary consumers to support a small number of secondary consumersIt takes a large number of primary consumers to support a small number of secondary consumers

43. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXQH1iV_ eSw

47. 47 http://geoclio.org/ensci/imagesbook/04_03_s uccession.swf

49. http://www.nodvin.net/snhu/SCI219/demos/C hapter_4/index.html

50. http://www.upperstjohnvalley.com/succession.php

51. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments /Biome/graphindex.php

53. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IjGNJPNy zU&feature=fvst

54. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NajOATpgl qc

57. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq1uYknD -d0

59. http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog 101/textbook/climate_systems/outline.html