Ecosystems & Communities: Organisms and their Environments

1. Ecosystems & Communities:Organisms and their Environments Units 12&14

2. Ecosystems have living and non-living components 14.1

3. Living organisms. • Non-Living Environment Ecosystem

6. The biotic environment of all the living organisms in an area. • can be any size and diversity – bacteria • - single celled organisms • - insects • - other larger sized creatures Communities

7. The abiotic (aka non-living or physical) environment • , the chemical resources • the physical conditions, Habitat

8. Different species interacting together at the same place and time Examples of ecosystems

9. Ecosystem

10. An ecosystem is made of two components: • the biotic environment, • the habitat Ecosystem

11. Ecosystems have living and non-living components 14.2 Biomes

12. Average • seasonal Biomes occur around the world, determined by temperature and rainfall.

16. Tropical Rain Forest

17. Equatorial: Tropical Rain Forest

18. Rainfall: Tropical Rain Forest

19. Indicator Species

20. Tropical Rain Forest – Indicator Plant Species

21. Gorilla  Gorilla gorilla Orangutan (Pongopygmaeus) Tropical Rain Forest – Indicator Animal Species Spider Monkey Atelesgeoffreyi

22. 2-toed sloth Cholepushoffmanni Tropical Rain Forest – Indicator Animal Species Three-toed Sloth (Bradypusvariegatus) with baby - Costa Rica

23. Tropical Rain Forest – Indicator Animal Species Collared Aracari Pteroglossustorquatus

24. Grasslands (Prairie)

25. Temperate Grasslands (Prairie)

26. Grasslands (Prairie)

27. Dry: • Wet: Grasslands (Prairie)

28. Species: Grasslands (Prairie)

29. Old Field Habitat, Ohio Grasslands– Indicator Plant Species Ironweed (Vernoniasp.)with Hedge Bindweed Vine  (Calystegiasepium) Grassland, North Dakota

30. Ironweed (Vernoniasp.) Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium purpureum Grasslands– Indicator Plant Species

31. Common Teasel Dipsacusfullonum Queen Anne's Lace (Daucuscarota) Grasslands – Indicator Plant Species

32. Bison (Bison bison) on the range, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota Grasslands – Indicator Animal Species

33. Grasslands – Indicator Animal Species Przewalski's horse (Equuscaballusprzewalskii), The Wilds, Ohio

34. Grasslands – Indicator Animal Species

35. Taiga

36. Cold Temperate Taiga

37. Seasons Taiga

38. Balsam Fir Abiesbalsamea Taiga – Indicator Plant Species Black Spruce Piceamariana

39. White Poplar Populus alba Taiga – Indicator Plant Species Paper Birch Betulapapyrifera Jack Pine Pinusbanksiana

40. Taiga – Indicator Animal Species American Black Bear Ursusamericanus Bald Eagle Haliaeetusleucocephalus

41. Taiga – Indicator Animal Species Snowshoe Rabbit Lepusamericanus Long-eared Owl Aisootus

42. Desert

43. Desert – Evaporation Exceeds Precipitation

44. Desert – Indicator Plant Species

45. Fishhook Cactus Mammillariamicrocarpa Desert – Indicator Plant Species Saguaro Cactus Carnegieagigantea

46. Trichomes Desert – Indicator Plant Species

47. Desert – Indicator Animal Species Zebratail Lizard - Callisaurusdraconides

48. Desert – Indicator Animal Species Rock hyrax (Procaviacapensis)

49. Desert – Indicator Animal Species Bactrian Camel, Camelusbactrianus

50. Temperate Deciduous Forest