UNIT 5

ECOSYSTEM

IS MADE UP OF LIVING THINGS (FLORA, FAUNA AND OTHER ORGANISMS) AND NON-LIVING THINGS (PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: SOIL, WATER,

SUNLIGHT, CLIMATE, TEMPERATURA…) WHICH WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE A BALANCED SYSTEM

Habitat: place where living things grow and live.

GROUP OF ANIMALS WHICH BELONG TO THE SAME SPECIES

Different populations interact with each other

Living and non-living things

TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMTUNDRA

-COLDEST AND DRY ECOSYSTEM-NO TREES-FLORA: LICHEN, MOSSES AND GRASSES-FAUNA: CARIBOU, REINDEER, POLAR BEARS, WOLVES…

TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMGRASSLANDS

FLAT AREAS DOMINATED BY GRASSES

SAVANNAHS

IN TROPICAL AREAS-FAUNA: ZEBRAS, ELEPHANTS, GIRAFFES, LIONS, GAZELLES AND ANTELOPES

TEMPERATE GRASSLANDSSTEPPES (estepas) and PRAIRIES (praderas)

IN COLDER CLIMATE REGIONS-FAUNA: BISON, WOLVES, PRAIRIE DOGS AND COYOTES.

COYOTE

TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMTROPICAL RAINFOREST

-IT ‘S IN WARM AND WET AREAS. -FLORA: EVERGREEN TREES, ORCHIDS AND FERNS-FAUNA: SNAKES, MONKEYS, JAGUARS, INSECTS AND BIRDS (PARROTS AND TOUCANS)

AMAZON RIVER

TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMFORESTS

-IT ‘S LOCATES IN COLD AREAS. -FLORA: EVERGREEN TREES (PINES AND FIR TREES)-FAUNA: BROWN BEARS, DEER, FOXES AND WEASELS (comadreja)

CONIFEROUS FORESTS TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FORESTS

-NORT OF SPAIN-FLORA: DECIDUOUS TREES (lose their leavesevery winter): OAK (roble), BEECH (haya), MAPLE (arce). -FAUNA: squirrels, rodents (roedores) and wild boar

TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMFORESTS

-ALMOST ALL SPAIN. CLOSE TO MEDITERRANEAN SEA AREAS.-FLORA: CORK OAKS (alcornoque), HOLM OAK (encina), THYME (tomillo) and ROSEMARY (romero) -FAUNA: EAGLES, LYNX, RODENTS, FOXES, HAWKS (halcones)…

MEDITERRANEAN FORESTS

TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMDESERTS

-THEY ARE THE DRIEST AND HOTTEST PLACES ON EARTH.-HIGH TEMPERATURE DURING THE DAY VERY LOW IN NIGHT.-FLORA: CACTI AND SMALL BUSHES-FAUNA: LIZARDS, SNAKES, CAMELS, SCORPIONS…