WHAT IS AN ECOSYSTEM

Lesson one
WHAT IS AN ECOSYSTEM
 WHERE ORGANISMS LIVE?

 An ecosystem is any place that living things are

found.
 An ecosystem is all the living and nonliving things in
an area.
 An ecosystem can be big like forest or small like the
space under rocks.
 Your class room is an ecosystem.
 Nonliving parts

1. Air
2. Water
3. Soil
4. Rocks
5. Sunlight
6. Temperature
 They usually determine the
number and type of
organisms that can live there
 LIVING PARTS

 A population is a group of organisms of one species

that live in an area at the same time.
 A community is made up of all the populations in an
area.
 Members of a community depend on each other to fill
needs, like: food, shelter, and reproduction
 LIVING AND NONLIVING
PARTS

 The living and nonliving parts interact in many

ways. Each part has a role ( to meet the needs of all
parts)
 Do all the ecosystems meet all the needs of all
organisms?
 If the population’s needs are not met it will get
smaller.
 BIOMES
 Biologists have divided the world into regions called biomes
 It is a large ecosystem with generally the same climate and
organisms.
 A single biome may covers many countries.
 Thick plant growth Heavy rain
RAINFORES
T

Temperature can be hot Or can be quite cool

 Squirrels
Trees: maple, spruce, mosses often cover rocks

TEMPERATE
RAINFOREST
Raccoons

Animals: elk, cougars, bears

Owls
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HABITAT
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