Ch 4.1 Ecosystems: Everything is Connected

Pg 99-102

Ecosystem• All the organisms living

together and their physical environment. – EX? • Ecosystems are connected.

– EX: pollen blows from a forest to a field

– How is an ecosystem like a car?

Biotic vs Abiotic componentsList each:

Connected

• Organism• Species (Genus species)

mate/fertile offspring• Population (could be same species but different

locations)- usually mate w/i population• Community-various sp. living together– EX?

• Habitat- place organism lives – (abiotic &biotic)

Design A Habitat Activity• Read needs of each organism and design an ecosystem in

which they can share. • Garter Snake• Raccoon• Red-tailed Hawk• Mocking Bird• Skunk• Mallard• Cottontail• Frog• Damselfly• Grasshopper