UNIT 6 BIOSPHERE

ATMOSPHERE

BIOSPHERE

GEOSPHERE

HYDROSPHERE

It is the layer of gases which surrounds the EARTH (nitrogen, oxygen, CO2)

It is all the water that exists on Earth.

It is the solid part of the Earth (core, mantle and crust)

It is composed of all living organisms (plants, animals, fungi). It includes all the ecosystems.

PREDATORPREY

RELATIONSHIPSANIMALS ARE INTERCONNECTED

Relationships between

organisms of the same species

Relationships between

organisms of different species

Relationships between organisms of the same species

COOPERATION COMPETITION

FAMILY GROUP

HIERARCHICAL COMMUNITY

GREGARIOUS SPECIES

Take care of their offsprings

SCHOOL (fish), FLOCK (birds), HERD (pigs)

For a female, leadership, food…

Every member has a specific role

Relationships between organisms of different species

PREDATION COMMENSALISM

1 ORGANISM BENEFITS AND THE OTHER

DOESN’T GET OR LOSE ANYTHING

PARASITISM 1 WINS (PARASITE-mosquito)

AND THE OTHER LOSES (HOST-human)

MUTUALISM

BOTH ORGANISMS BENEFIT (clown fish

and anemone)

FOOD CHAINIt is the movement of the energy through an ecosystem

FOOD CHAIN

Food web