1. PTT 02SEP2015 1.Create a food web with the following:

3. Energy Flows and Matter Cycles

4. Producers autotrophs = “self” “feeding” Make their own food Use the energy of the sun to make energy, other organisms use this energy Examples??

5. Consumers Heterotroph = “other” “eater” HAS TO EAT to survive Herbivore Carnivore Scavenger Omnivore

6. Scavengers

10. Energy Pyramid

12. Open to page 727 We will write a summary sentence for the first paragraph together Define the words in yellow in the vocabulary section of your notebook Summarize each paragraph and complete the 3 “self check questions” on page 729

14. PTT03SEP2015 Make a list of the producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers from this food web

15. Open to page 727 We will write a summary sentence for the first paragraph together Define the words in yellow in the vocabulary section of your notebook Summarize each paragraph and complete the 3 “self check questions” on page 729

16. Pyramid/Food Web Practice Complete the Food Web and food pyramid WS Turn it in when you are done!

18. PTT04SEP2015 Take out you ecological picture. – Write the interactions and what organisms are interacting that you see in your picture (or imagine are there) – Draw a food web for all the organisms (you may draw on your picture)

19. Ecological Niche How a specific species exists in a specific habitat

21. Plant Niches Abiotic + Biotic = Ecosystem A community of plants is limited by the abiotic limitations of the area. A plant’s niche is also an outcome of competition

22. Desert Plant Niches Abiotic limits: Survival strategies:

23. Rainforest Plant Niches Abiotic limits? Survival strategies?

24. In your science notebook… For each plant observe and answer the following: – What are the abiotic factors that define the plant’s niche? (water specifically) – What is the plant’s survival strategy? – What other organisms do you observe connectesd to the plant?