Transcript Microhabitat and Biome Notes.ppt

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Microhabitat and Biome
Notes
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• These notes will show the levels of organization within
the environment.
– The next slide will show you a flow map that diagrams the overall
idea first.
– Each of the slides after that will give you notes about each
individual portion of that flow map.
• For this unit, you will be required to…
Observe and describe how different environments
(including microhabitats in schoolyards and biomes)
support different varieties of organisms.
Levels of Organization
Examples
Biosphere
Lithosphere
Biome
Grassland
Biome
Ecosystem
Prairie
Ecosystem
Habitat
Microhabitat
Pond
Spider web
Write all of the words shown. You do NOT need to draw the pictures.
Habitat
Microhabitat
Biosphere: life-supporting portions of Earth
composed of air (atmosphere), land (lithosphere),
and water (hydrosphere).
• Organisms live on either the hydrosphere or the
lithosphere.
• The atmosphere is part of both of these spheres
Draw and label this picture
Biome
A large geographic area characterized by
climate and specific plants and animals.
Desert Biome
Tundra Biome
Rainforest Biome
Forest Biome
Marine Biome
5 Main Types of Biomes
Land Biomes
1. Desert
2. Forest
Includes Tropical Rainforest and Temperate Forest (aka the
Taiga)
3. Grassland
Includes Savanna Grassland and Temperate Grassland
4. Tundra
Water Biomes
5. Aquatic
Includes Freshwater (lakes; rivers) and Marine (ocean; estuaries)
Decreasing Temperature
Decreasing Temperature
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Hot
Distance from the equator
determines temperature and
amount of precipitation. These
abiotic factors then affect the
biotic factors that exist in
those regions.
Draw this picture. All words below must be
included in your drawing. You do NOT have to
draw each mini picture within the triangle.
Tundra and
Desert =
Lowest
Biodiversity
Rainforest=
Highest
Biodiversity
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aka mini biomes
Eco-Region - a large area with distinctive
landforms, characteristic plants and animals also receiving
uniform solar radiation and moisture (rainfall)
We live in the
Temperature
Grasslands Biome
part of the world
and the Prairie
Eco-Region part of
our state.
Ecosystem
All the LIVING (biotic) and NON-LIVING (abiotic)
things in a given area.
Bio = life (biotic = living)
A = not (abiotic = not living)
Biotic Components
Write this
information
as a bulleted
list in a tchart (do
NOT draw
the pictures)
Abiotic Components
Precipitation
aka
temperature
Habitat
The place where an organism lives; habitat = home
– A sustainable (able to be continued) habitat must include
all characteristics that support life: food, water, shelter
and enough space.
Though they are
not naturallycreated, organisms
can also live in
artificial habitats
such as a fish tank
or playground
Small
Home
Microhabitat
Immediate, localized environment of
organism (part of a larger habitat)
Examples:
– Owl’s hole in a tree
– Beehive
– Insect on a leaf
– Mushrooms on a rotting log
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Microhabitats and
Symbiotic Relationships
Many microhabitats contain
relationships between different
organisms where one or both benefit
from the other. These are called
symbiotic relationships.
Example: clown fish and sea anemone
The anemone provides a microhabitat
(food, water, shelter and space)for the
clownfish and the clownfish provide
fertilizer to the plant as well as
protection.
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and Eco-Regions
Habitat
Microhabitat
Assignment
Copy the chart below. Then, figure out each vocab term
that belongs in the upper box using the provided
definitions.
an extremely
localized,
small-scale
environment,
as a tree
stump or a
dead animal
the natural
environment
of a plant or
organism; the
place an
organism is
usually found
interaction of
organisms
within its
environment
including the
biotic (living)
and abiotic
(nonliving)
factors in the
area
a large
geographical
area that has
a specific
climate and
contains
distinct plants
and animals
the parts of
the earth's
crust, waters,
and
atmosphere
that supports
life