Ecology Lesson 1

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Ecology Lesson 1

• What are the factors that make up an ecosystem?
• What are the types of ecosystems?

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Do Now

• Read the section summary (first page in your
  packet.) Highlight/ underline the answers to the
  3 questions at the top.
• ..\..\Ecology\ecology\pg 46.doc

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Skim through pages 6-10 in your text book. Write
down any bolded sentences and bolded words.
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Check your list with mine.

• organism
• an organism obtains food, water, shelter, and
  other things it needs to live, grow, and
  reproduce from its environment.
• habitat
• biotic factors
• abiotic factors
• species
• population
• community
• The smallest level of organization is a single
  organism, which belongs to a population that
  includes other members of its species. The
  population belongs to a community of different
  species. The community and abiotic factors
  together form an ecosystem.

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Essential Questions

• What are the factors that make up an ecosystem?
• What are the types of ecosystems?

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Define the Vocabulary.
Organism
Habitat
Biotic factors
Abiotic factors
Photosynthesis
Species
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Ecology
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Assignment

• Read pages 6-10.
• Complete the science explorer pages 47, 48, 49,
  50.
• ..\..\Ecology\ecology\pg 47-50.doc

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Summarization Activity

• Name 2 factors that make up an ecosystem?

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Do Now

• Complete the science explorer pages 47, 48, 49,
  50 silently.

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Do Now

• Complete explorer pages 52.
• ..\..\Ecology\ecology\52.doc

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Assignment

• Take out worksheets from yesterday.
• Complete the science explorer pages 47, 48, 49,
  50.
• ..\..\Ecology\ecology\pg 47-50.doc

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Answers to page 47, 48, 49, 50.

1. Organism
2. Habitat
3. Food, water, shelter
4. False
5. A,B, D
6. Biotic factors
7. Abiotic factors
8. Water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil
9. A, C
10. photosynthesis

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Answers to page 47, 48, 49, 50.

• b, d
• A species is a group of organisms that are
  physically similar
• A, b, c
• False
• Community
• D
• True
• Abiotic factors

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Return to the essential questions.

• Answer both essential question in paragraph form.
  
• What are the factors that make up an ecosystem?
• What are the types of ecosystems?

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Summarization

• Name 5 factors (biotic or abiotic) that make
• up an ecosystem?
• Name 3 types of ecosystems?