1. Ecology Vocabulary All the words we need to know to talk about the systems present in the world around us!

2. Ecology: The study of living things and the way they live in their environment.

3. Ecosystem All the living and non-living things in a particular area. Biotic Factors: Living, once living made by living things Abiotic Factors: Non-living

4. Environment: The set of living and non-living things that make up a region.

5. Habitat: The place where an animal or plant lives.

6. Using Ecology Vocabulary Use the pictures on the slides to answer the questions in your noteblanks. Use the vocabulary you just learned! Some answers will not be visible in the picture, make inferences! Work with your neighbors if you would like

7. Picture #1: Pacific Tree Frog in Blackberry Bush

8. Picture #2: Douglas’s Squirrel in Douglas Fir Forest

9. Energy Flow Food chains Food Webs Producers, consumers, and other lables

10. Energy Flow How does energy move through an ecosystem? Where does the energy in your body come from?

11. Energy Source: The Sun All the energy within our food originates from the sun – Plants make the sun’s energy into sugar All other animals must consume sugars to get energy It comes from the sun!

12. Food Chains A food chain shows where organisms get their energy from in a particular habitat. The arrow points in the direction of the energy flow. Energy is passed along the food chain Now make a food chain!

13. Food Chains Producer: Makes their own food from carbon dioxide and water using the energy from sun. Primary (1 st level) Consumer: Eats (Consumes) producers Secondary (2 nd level) Consumer: Eats primary consumers

14. Labeled Food Chain Producer Primary Consumer Secondary Consumer Energy is passed along the food chain.

15. Food Chains Decomposer: a living organism that helps to break down dead organisms.

16. Food Webs In all healthy habitats, more than one organism normally eats/is eaten by other organisms. A food web includes many food chains which interlink with each other. Make a food web on your page with the pictures and info you have!

17. Food Webs Herbivore: Animal that eats only plants. Carnivore: Animal that eats other animals. Omnivore: Animal that eats plants and other animals.

18. Food Webs Scavenger: an animal that eats decaying animals and plants

19. Activity: Food Chains in Food Web Key: Top predator: Hawk Producer: Marsh Grass, Cattail Consumers: Grasshopper, Cricket, Shrew, Frog, Snake, Hawk Primary (1 o ) consumer: Grasshopper, Cricket Tertiary (3 o ) consumer: Snake, Hawk Herbivores: Grasshopper, Cricket Carnivores: Shrew, Frog, Snake, Hawk What is another name for a primary consumer?

20. Fox & Sun Create a food chain to explain why a fox is reliant on the Sun. Write it in your note blanks, and include: The sun A producer A primary (1 st level) consumer The fox

21. Fox and the Sun Food chain: SunGrassRabbitFox

22. Fox and the Sun Now turn your chain into a web! Add: 1.One more producer 2.One more primary (1 st level) consumer 3.One more secondary (2 nd level) consumer 4.One tertiary (3 rd level) consumer Hint: 3 rd level gets energy from the 2 nd level!

23. Fox and the Sun SunGrassRabbitFox BlackberriesMouseSnakeHawk Could you add more arrows?? Try!! Food webs are MESSY, because ecosystems are complicated