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Understanding Ecology: Interactions Between Living and Nonliving Components

In this lesson, we explore how living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) parts of the Earth interact and influence the survival of organisms. We will define these terms, providing examples such as how plants (biotic) depend on sunlight and soil (abiotic) for growth. Students will engage in vocabulary building related to ecology and complete an activity involving concentric circles to represent levels of organization in an ecosystem, from individual organisms to communities. The lesson includes reading assignments and note-taking on energy, producers, and consumers.

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Understanding Ecology: Interactions Between Living and Nonliving Components

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  1. Bell Ringer – 4/28/14 • How do living and nonliving parts of the Earth interact and affect the survival of organisms? Give an example.

  2. Today • Wrap-up Unit 3: Genetics • Peer grade quests from Friday • Submit any missing assignments (alien DNA, survey extra credit) • Begin Unit 4: Ecology • Intro to ecology • Independent work: building vocabulary

  3. Ecology • We’ve seen the root “–ology” before (biology) • It means “the study of” • “Eco” comes from the Greek “oikos,” which means “house” • Ecologyis the study of the relationships that organisms have with each other and with the environment • In other words, studying our “house”

  4. Ecology • Turn to pg. 64 – 65 in textbook • Study Figure 3-1 • Complete In Your Notebook: • Draw a circle and label it “Me” • Draw 5 concentric circles and label them with the appropriate level of organization • Describe your population, community, etc. as well as provide the definition for each term in your circles • 10 – 12 minutes to complete

  5. For those who forgot… • Concentric circles look like this: ME 

  6. Based on what you see, in your notes write definitions for “biotic” and “abiotic.”

  7. Environmental Factors • Biotic: all living things in an ecosystem • Ex: plants, animals, microorganisms • Abiotic: non-living things in an ecosystem • Ex: temperature, sunlight, humidity, water, soil, mineral nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur)

  8. For the rest of class/homework: • Read all of 3.2 Energy, Producers, and Consumers (pgs. 69 – 72) • take notes – write important points (bolded or colored text) • make a list of vocab + definitions

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