PPT-Unit 1 – Diversity in Ecosystems

What is an ecosystem a term used to describe the relationships among the many species living in an environment and the relationship among those organisms and the nonliving components of the environment. By Renee Swank. In this activity you will learn all about the types of ecosystem. You can read all of the material and watch a short video on ecosystems. After you have read the material and watched the video, you can take the short quiz to see how much you learned!!. . Table of Contents. Section 3: . Aquatic Ecosystems. Section 1: . How Ecosystems Change. Section 2: . Biomes. Chapter: Ecosystems. . Table of Contents. Section 1: . How Ecosystems Change. Mosses from my back yard. WHY IS PHYSICAL DIVERSITY IMPORTANT?. Preserving physical diversity in Canada is important for both . humans. and . nature. .. ECONOMIC. IMPORTANCE. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL . IMPORTANCE. ENVIRONMENTAL. Types of . Biodiversity. SBI3U. Recall: DICHOTOMOUS KEY EXAMPLE. 1. a. tail fins are horizontal—whale………………….go to 2. b. tail fins are vertical—fish……………………….go to 3. In The Name Of God . Biodiversity. . Global Issues: Environment Learning . Circle . 1 (Middle/High School. ). By: Amirali Karami. Armin Amini . Barad Kadivar. Teacher: Ms. Mirkhosravi. - Jacques Ives Cousteau. 2. New Orleans is nested between the mouth of the Mississippi River and the brackish estuary of Lake Pontchartrain.. 3. A series of floodwalls, or levees, protects the city from ocean surges from large storms.. Chapter 3 (Miller and . Spoolman. , 2010). Core Case Study: Tropical Rain Forests Are Disappearing. Cover about 2% of the earth’s land surface. Contain about 50% of the world’s known plant and animal species. 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:. Ocean Zones & Ecosystems. Freshwater Zones & Ecosystems. Related Ecology. Benthic Division. 6 Areas. . 1. Supralittoral zone. (supra= upper, litus=shore). . Water splashes but does not stay submerged. Dr. . Anjay. 10/17/2020. 1. The word “biodiversity” is a contraction of “biological diversity”. . The father of biodiversity . Edward O. Wilson . (an eminent entomologist) first coined this term in 1986. . Dr. . R. . P. Patil. Professor & Head. Department of . Botany. Deogiri . College, Aurangabad. Biodiversity. Ravi Patil. Deogiri College, Aurangabad. Diversity of Angiosperms I. Unit: 1 Credit-1. 1. Biodiversity (03). Presented by. Dr.Anubha. Gupta. Faculty , S.S. in Commerce . Vikram. University. Useful for BBA(H)/B.COM(H)/M.COM and allied subject. Biodiversity. The term biodiversity was coined as a contraction of biological diversity by E.O. Wilson in 1985. . Biodiversity at regional level is better understood by categorizing species richness into four types. . Whittaker (1972). described three terms for measuring biodiversity over spatial scales: . alpha, beta, and gamma diversity.