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Ecosystems Unit Activity 1.3 Key Features of Ecosystems

Explore the key features of ecosystems and the role of carbon in matter and energy transformations. Identify producers, herbivores, carnivores, and decomposers in various ecosystems to understand common patterns. Discover the organic and inorganic forms of carbon and the processes involved.

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Ecosystems Unit Activity 1.3 Key Features of Ecosystems

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  1. Ecosystems UnitActivity 1.3 Key Features of Ecosystems Carbon: Transformations in Matter and Energy Environmental Literacy ProjectMichigan State University

  2. Unit map You are here

  3. What is an ecosystem? An ecosystem is a group of living and nonliving things in a place that has a specific climate, landforms, soil types, and vegetation. What types of ecosystems can you name?

  4. Where is the meadow ecosystem?

  5. Meadow ecosystem is outlined in red.The rest of the image is a forest ecosystem.

  6. Zoom to the land surface

  7. Meadow ecosystems have many living things: • Plants: • Animals:

  8. Where is the carbon in the ecosystem? Name all the places where you would find carbon in an ecosystem: 1.

  9. Where is the carbon in the ecosystem? For all of the places you named, what kinds of molecules are the carbon atoms in? Which of those molecules are organic, and which are inorganic?

  10. Where are the producers? Producers do photosynthesis to create organic materials for food and for the materials that make up their parts

  11. Where are the herbivores? Herbivores eat plants and digest plant materials for food and for the organic materials that make up their parts

  12. Where is the carnivore? Carnivores eat other animals and digest animal materials for food and for the organic materials that make up their parts

  13. Where are the decomposers? Decomposers eat dead stuff and digest dead materials for food and for the organic materials that make up their parts

  14. Looking ahead: the Ecosystems Unit • Each ecosystem has particular groups of producers, herbivores, carnivores, and decomposers. • We will be tracing matter and energy through different types of ecosystems to identify patterns common to all ecosystems. • We will pay particular attention to the form of carbon (organic or inorganic) and the processes that move carbon among the parts of the ecosystem.

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