2011 Assignment 52 Ecology and the Environment Write a paragraph to explain what you already know about ecology and the environment Think about what you know about What things make up an environment ID: 211021
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Assignment 52
Ecology
and the Environment
Write a paragraph to explain what you already know about ecology and the environment. Think about what you know about:What things make up an environmentClassifications of things in the environment / types of organismsTypes of relationships between organisms in an environmentThings all organisms need in their environment
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Today’s
Schedule
Agenda:
Ecology ParagraphNature Walk Card Sort and DefinitionsNature Walk Card Labels
Essential Questions
What types of organisms interact in our local environment?Homework: noneMarch 22, 2011Slide3
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Examine each of the cards you created.
With your partner, sort the cards into groups. Select your criteria to determine what types of groups you will use with your partner.
Record
the groups you used and the names of each card in the group. Assignment 53: Nature Walk Card SortSlide4
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Assignment 54
: Categorizing the Environment
BIOTIC factors – living or once living things (plant, animal, bacteria, dead animal)ABIOTIC factors – non-living things (rock, temperature, water, sunlight) Categorizing the EnvironmentSlide5
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Separate your cards into a biotic and
abiotic
pile.
Label with back of each card as biotic or abiotic.BIOTIC factors – living or once living things (plant, animal, bacteria, dead animal)ABIOTIC factors – non-living things (rock, temperature, water, sunlight) Categorizing the EnvironmentSlide6
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BIOTIC factors are categorized based on the way they get food. All organisms are considered PRODUCERS or CONSUMERS.
PRODUCER
– any organism capable of making its own food (plants, blue-green algae.)
CONSUMER – any organism that eats other organisms for food (rabbit, ant, lion.) Categorizing the EnvironmentSlide7
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Separate your biotic cards into a producer and consumer pile.
Label with back of each card as producer or consumer.
PRODUCER – any organism capable of making its own food (plants, blue-green algae.)
CONSUMER – any organism that eats other organisms for food (rabbit, ant, lion.) Categorizing the EnvironmentSlide8
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CONSUMERS can be broken into many categories based on the types of organisms they eat. These include:
Herbivore
Omnivore
CarnivoreCategorizing the EnvironmentSlide9
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CONSUMERS can also be examined based on the types of relationships they share. A common relationship in nature is the PREDATOR / PREY relationship.
PREDATOR
– any organism that preys (hunts and consumes) on another organism.
PREY – the organism being hunted and eaten.Example: A lion hunts and eats a gazelle. Categorizing the EnvironmentSlide10
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Examine your consumer cards. Are any of your examples predators or prey?
Label with back of each card as predator or prey. Some organisms can be both.
For each labeled predator, give an example of what it would prey on.
For each labeled prey, give an example of a predator that would eat it.PREDATOR – any organism that preys (hunts and consumes) on another organism. PREY – the organism being hunted and eaten. Categorizing the Environment