Ecology The study of how

organisms interact
with one another
and with the
environment.

Population A group of
individuals of the
same species that
live in the same
place.
 Species Includes
organisms that
are closely
related and can
mate to
produce fertile
offspring.

Community Made up of all

the species that
live and interact
in an area.
 Biotic Factor A living part
of the
environment.

Abiotic Factor
A nonliving
part of an
environment.
 ENERGY FLOW IN AN ECOSYSTEM

ECOSYSTEM
LAW OF CONSERVATION OF A community of
ENERGY
organisms and their
The flow of energy in nonliving
an ecosystem must environment.
follow this law. A place where
Energy in an organisms live is a
ecosystem is Habitat. It could
be
Captured Pond
Eaten Backyard
Used Your Stomach
Passed Along ???
Put the following in order.
 WARM-UP, REVISITED

Oak Tree Squirrel

Rattlesnake Hawk
*Notice how the arrows show the flow of
BUT WAIT!
energy between organisms NOT who eats
who.
THE LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY SAYS THAT
ENERGY CANNOT BE CREATED OUT OF NOTHING SO
WHERE DOES ALL OF THIS ENERGY IN AN ECOSYSTEM
COME FROM?
 Where does all of that
energy in the ecosystem
come from?
A. Plants
B. The Sun
C. Food
D. Batteries
B. The Sun
Put the following in order.
 WARM-UP, A REVISITED REVISITATION

Sun Oak Tree Squirrel

Rattlesnake Hawk
BUT WAIT!

THE LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY SAYS

THAT ENERGY CANNOT BE DESTROYED SO
WHERE DOES ALL OF THIS ENERGY IN AN
ECOSYSTEM GO?
 WHERE DOES THE ENERGY GO?

ELECTRICAL
ENERGY

Nerves
and Brain
Signals

CHEMICAL
MECHANICAL ENERGY HEAT ENERGY
ENERGY
Stores Keeps the
Lets the
food for squirrel
squirrel
later warm.
move.
(like fat)
 WHERE DOES THE ENERGY GO?
CHEMICAL
ENERGY
The squirrels
energy (stored in
its body) becomes
used by the snake.
 FOOD WEBS: LINKING THE FOOD CHAINS

Sun Oak Tree Squirrel

RattlesnakeBUTHawk
WAIT!

COULDNT THIS ALSO BE TRUE?

Sun Oak Tree Squirrel

 FOOD WEBS: LINKING THE FOOD CHAINS

Hawk
Sun

Rattlesnake

Squirrel

Oak Tree
 FOOD WEB ROLES
PRODUCER - (P) An organism that captures energy
________________
AUTOTROPH
and turns it into food (chemical energy).

CONSUMER - (C#) An organism that cannot make

________________
its own food, so it has to eat the chemical HETEROTROPH
energy of
others. .
PRIMARY CONSUMER
_________________ _______________ - (C1) A
consumerSECONDARY CONSUMER
one energy arrow away from a producer.
_________________ _______________ - (C2) A
consumerTERTIARY CONSUMER
two energy arrows away from a producer.
_________________ _______________ - (C3) A
consumer three energy arrows away from a producer.
DECOMPOSER
________________ - (D) An organism that breaks down
dead organisms and waste products to get energy.
LABEL THE ORGANISMS IN THE FOOD
WEB WITH THE PROPER CODE: P, C1, C2,
C3, D
What If There Were No Sharks?
 Herbivore A consumer that
eats only plants.

Carnivore A consumer that

eats other animals.
 Omnivore A consumer that
eats both plants
and animals.
 Native Vs. Intrusive
Native Species: An organism that
has spent a long time fitting into an
ecosystem. Alligator

Intrusive Species: An organism

that is new to an ecosystem and
throws it off balance. Lion fish.
 What did we learn?
Energy comes from the Sun. It powers
the entire food web.
An Ecosystem is a community of
organisms and their nonliving
environment.
A food web can be made up of many
food chains.
A Producer (grass, corn) makes its own
food
A consumer (man, whale) consumes
the producers for food.
 Essential Questions

Pick one of the following

questions and write the
number and the answer
on your notes.
1. How is energy transferred
from the Sun, then cycled
through all living organisms
in an ecosystem?
2. How will the population of
a species be impacted based
on its interaction with other
organisms?
 LESSON 3: SYMBIOSIS AND RELATIONSHIPS

WHEN 2 ORGANISMS INTERACT

IN AN ECOSYSTEM
With symbiosis, 1 organism
ALWAYS benefits from the
relationship.
 WARM-UP, REVISITED

HOW DO THE VENOM ALIEN AND EDDIE BROCK WORK

TOGETHER? WHOS GETTING WHAT?
 MUTUALISM
WHEN BOTH ORGANISMS BENEFIT IN A RELATIONSHIP

Checkout the clownfish and sea anemone

below. The clownfish benefits because it
receives a safe place to live. The sea
anemone benefits because the clownfish
brings it food.
Both Benefit!
Mutualism
Video
 COMMENSALISM
WHEN 1 ORGANISM BENEFITS IN A RELATIONSHIP AND 1
ORGANISM IS UNAFFECTED

Checkout the remora and manta ray below.

The remora uses a suction cup to attach to
a ray and get a free ride, and it is too small
to bother the ray. The manta ray could care
less.
 PARASITISM
WHEN 1 ORGANISM BENEFITS IN A RELATIONSHIP AND 1
ORGANISM IS HARMED

Look at this head louse below, sucking the

blood out of a humans head. The louse
benefits from the relationship because it is
getting food (blood). The human is
harmed.
When Spider-Man was wearing the
black suit, it was turning him into
a darker, meaner person while
feeding on his brain. What type of
symbiosis would this be?
A. Mutualism
B. Commensalism
C. Parasitism
D. Communism
C. Parasitism
 PREDATION (Predator/Prey)
WHEN 1 ORGANISM CONSUMES ANOTHER FOR ENERGY

The lion below is enjoying the Laws of

Conservation of Energy as chemical energy
from the wildebeest is transformed into
energy for his body.
 COMPETITION
WHEN 2 OR MORE ORGANISMS STRUGGLE OVER
AVAILABLE RESOURCES

A hole in a jungle canopy has several

species of plants rushing to fill in the gap
sunlight is rare at the rainforest floor and
plants fight over it.
 In Review.

MUTUALISM BOTH BENEFIT

ONE BENEFITS/ONE
COMENSALISM UNHARMED
PARASITISM ONE BENEFITS/ONE HARMED
PREDATION PREDATOR/PREY

STRUGGLE FOR
COMPETITION FOOD,WATER, MATE, LAND
ETC.
 Essential Questions

Pick two of the following

questions and write the
number and the answer
on your notes.
1. How do symbiotic relationships provide an
advantage when organisms compete with each
other in nature?

2. How can the relationships between organisms

be classified as mutualism, commensalism,
parasitism, and competition?

3. How can examples of mutualism,

commensalism, and parasitism be identified based
on their interactions with another organism?

4. How do limiting factors affect Florida's

ecosystems?