Life Science Unit

1. Life Science Unit

2. Science Resources:

3. The World

4. Biomes A biome is a community of animals and plants spreading over an extensive area, sometimes thousands of miles in length or width, with relatively uniform climatic conditions. DE

5. Ecosystem All of the Living and Non-living things in an area interacting with each other

6. Abiotic Factor All the Non-Living things in an area

7. Biotic Factors All the living things in an area. Click here

8. Life within an Ecosystem Click Life in an Ecosystem Habitat; The place where a plant and animal naturally grow. Niche: The role (job) of an organism in a community.

9. Population: All the organisms of a species living in the same area Community: All the populations living in an area.

10. Habitat Flip Book

11. Biotic Factors-Organisms • Animals: Plants

12. Leaves Fruit Flowers Seeds Stem Roots

13. Journal Click here and here Where does a tree get it’sMass? (bulk) - don’t get it, think about this, you plant a maple seed, in 10 yrs you have a giant tree, where does all of it’s “Size” come from?

14. Photosynthesis:

15. Science Tech Book Plants

17. Plants Trees Grass

18. Photosynthesis View: View 3 View 2 View 4 View 5

19. Energy Carbon Dioxide Water

20. Bill Nye on Plants!

21. Biotic Factors: Organisms Plants Animals!! Now!!

22. Producers: Click here Produce their own food..via Photosynthesis

23. Consumers Eats other things to get ENERGY

24. Herbivore Eats only Plants

25. Carnivore Eats Meat to get energy Click Here

26. Omnivores Eats both Plants and Meat For Energy

27. Consumers can be…. Carnivores Herbivores Omnivores

28. What can you learn from teeth? Why did the opossum cross the road? Click here Click here

29. Animal Skulls page. http://www.chichesterinc.com/AnimalSkulls.htm

30. Share Skull activity Hand out skull pictures and determine which are Herbivore, Carnivore or omnivore.

31. Owl Pellets Click Here

32. OH DEER: food Deer Needs: Water Shelter Limiting Factors: Factors (things) that LIMIT the growth of populations What were “limiting Factors” that affected the population of the deer?

33. Take out your graph from yesterday. On the back, tell me what you “get” from the graph? Next, get the paper from the end of the book shelf, open the science book to pg. b34, read pg. b34 to b36 answering the questions on the page.

34. Predators Prey Video 1 Scavengers Video 2 Video 3 Playing tag? Go to Mr. Fugate’s Youtube page Video 3

35. There are certain factors that help to control organisms. These are ____________________. Limiting Factors Lab Link

36. Carrying Capacity The Maximum population size that resources Can support in an area. Is there enough room?

37. Controlling Populations An ecosystem can only handle a certain number of organisms. This is its ______________________. Carrying Capacity Rabbits and wolves.

38. Journal: 10/1 What is a decomposer? What would happen if there were no decomposers?

39. Decomposers Video

40. Now Back to…. Decomposers Bacteria Mr. Fugate’s You tube page. MSB Meets the Rot Squad

41. Review: Producers Consumers Decomposers Herbivores Carnivores Predators Prey Omnivores insectivores

42. Journal: Share at least one thing you learned on our walking field trip. 10/8

43. Where do we get Energy from? Journal 10/3

44. Energy Pyramid Primary Consmer Animals eat only Plants Producers Plants Change suns energy Sun’s energy sent to earth

45. Primary Consumer Are the first level consumers, they only eat plants

46. Energy Pyramid Secondary Consumer Animals that eat primary level Primary Consumer Animals eat only Plants Producers Plants Change suns energy Sun’s energy sent to earth

47. Secondary Consumer Are the second level consumers, they eat primary consumers

48. Energy Pyramid Discovery Tertiary Consumer Top of the Food Chain Secondary Consumer Animals that eat primary level Primary Consumer Animals eat only Plants Producers Plants Change suns energy Sun’s energy sent to earth

49. Tertiary Consumer Discovery Are the top of the food chain.

50. Energy Pyramid Demonstration.