PPT-Ecosystems Practice

Unit 81 Biotic vs Abiotic 1 Bacteria 9 Photosynthesis 2 Dead fish 10 Rock 3 Heat 11 Phytoplankton 4 Zooplankton 12 Nitrogen 5 Carrots 13 Temperature 6 Energy 14 Dead Flowers. . Hua. Chen. (. 陈华. ). Department of Biology. University of Illinois at Springfield. Roadmap. Ecosystem degradation, ecological restoration, and restoration ecology . Reference and dynamic reference . Unit A: Sustainability of Ecosystems . Ecology. Study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment.. Can be divided into several levels: . individual, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere. Abiotic Elements That Affect Our Water. Water Chemistry. Healthy aquatic ecosystems depend upon many factors. One important factor is the chemical balance present in the ecosystem.. Aquatic ecosystems are susceptible to many chemical changes. Usually if the chemistry of a “healthy” ecosystem changes, signs of this change will include sensitive organisms quickly declining in number or disappearing. These types of organisms are called . Living things need a place to live and grow.. . Fish live in water.. Birds live in trees and fly through the air.. Plants grow where there is soil, water and sun.. Main Idea and Details. ENVIRONMENT. CHAPTER. Too Much of a Good Thing?. Elephant populations in southern Africa declined sharply due to hunting but have made overwhelming comebacks within nature reserves and parks.. Some worry that elephant overpopulation is causing a decline in local biodiversity and damage to farms and infrastructure.. Aquatic ecosystems are primarily determined by the ecosystem’s . salinity. . Salinity refers to the dissolved salt content of the water.. Aquatic ecosystems are divided into freshwater and marine ecosystems.. What are Ecosystems? . Groups of living things and the non-living environment in which they live.. The people that study ecosystems are called: . “ecologists.”. Let’s look at the living parts of the ecosystem:. SUMMER INSTITUTE. June 23-25, 2015. Presented by. UNC INSTITUTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. GOOSE CREEK STATE PARK. A TIME FOR SCIENCE NATURE AND SCIENCE LEARNING CENTER. Funded by . THE EDDIE AND JO ALLISON SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION. The . altiplano. is a high plateau in the Andean regions of two South American nations.. The . varzea. , or “flooded forest,” is found mainly along the Amazon River in this nation.. The . cerrado. The Fiji Pearl Development Pla. n. was introduced June 7. th. 2017 at World Oceans day by the Fiji Government as one of 16 Voluntary commitments towards the implementation of Sustainable Goal 14.. Summary. This lesson utilizes the example of healthy estuaries to demonstrate tools scientists use to measure ecosystem health. Students will learn the definition and function of an estuary, an essential coastal ocean ecosystem. Students will then learn methods to measure parameters of large areas using quadrats and subsets. . Unit Standards. 5.L.4A.1 . Analyze and interpret data to summarize the abiotic factors (including quantity of light and water, range of temperature, salinity, and soil composition) of different terrestrial ecosystems and aquatic ecosystems. . Getting started. With this GEO resource you will be learning about the location and biodiversity of . coral reefs. , their value to us and the environment and threats affecting global reefs today. We will also investigate the response to such threats in term of management.. Getting started. You’ll need a notepad on which to make notes as you go along, or you could make notes, paste images, etc. on your device.. You can view these slides:. as a slide-show for any animations and to follow links.