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ENVIRONMENTS. Read 199-207. SIZES OF ENVIRONMENTS. SMALLEST LARGEST. ORGANISM MICRO-HABITAT HABITAT BIOME BIOGRAPHICAL REGION BIOSPHERE. ECOSYSTEMS. BIOTIC – living ABIOTIC – (A)non-living Examples: Abiotic factors that influence tolerance (worksheet). COMPARISONS. COMPARISONS.
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ENVIRONMENTS Read 199-207
SIZES OF ENVIRONMENTS SMALLEST LARGEST ORGANISM MICRO-HABITAT HABITAT BIOME BIOGRAPHICAL REGION BIOSPHERE
ECOSYSTEMS BIOTIC – living ABIOTIC – (A)non-living Examples: Abiotic factors that influence tolerance (worksheet)
ECOLOGICAL NICHE An ecological niche describes how an organism or population responds to the distribution of resources and competitors . The way of life of a species. The optimum range refers to the abiotic factors at which the organisms functions best. Physiological stress refers to outside the preferred niche/optimum range. Looking at niches (worksheet)
PLANTS & TROPISMS Read 219-228
TROPISMS Tropism is the directional growth response of a plant to an environmental stimulus. Positive tropism – growing toward a stimulus Negative tropism – growing away from a stimulus Complete the table:
TROPISMS Tropisms (worksheet) Leaves can tell a story (worksheet)
Know the definitions of these: Epicormic bud Lignotubers Phytohormones Gibberellins Cytokinins Abscisic acid Ethylene Auxins Life of Plants (video) Phytochromes Photoperiodism Dormancy Taxis Nastic Nutation