Ecological Hierarchy How we organize our world from

Ecological Hierarchy How we organize our world, from smallest to largest

Match up your 5 cards with the 5 correct definitions • 3 minutes to figure it out with our table group. • Copy it into your notebook in the following order: Hierarchy Organism Population Community Ecosystem Biome Definition Example

Hierarchy Definition Organism An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life. Population The number of one species in a given area. Community All the populations combined. Ecosystem A set of living and nonliving things that interact in a given area to create a stable system. Biome The climate and types of plants found in similar places around the world. Example

The Ecological Hierarchy Organism (smallest) Population Community Ecosystem Biome (largest)

Real Life Example Deer 40 Deer that graze in the same field 40 deer, 3 types of grasses, birds, rabbits Prairie ecosystem Grassland biome in North America

What is our school ecological hierarchy? 1. Start with an organism (you!)

Pages 48 -49 1. Interpret the visual as a class 2. Create your own visual with your own poster and your choice of biomes. 3. Explore different biomes on pages 30 -37 for ideas if you are stuck. 4. REQUIREMENTS: 1. 2. 3. 4. Color and neatness Labels and a description of each of the 5 steps in the ecological hierarchy A visual representation of the relationship between the 5 steps (i. e. you should be able to tell which is smallest and which is the largest step in the hierarchy) Choose a specific biome and have accurate animals (a shark would not exist in a desert biome, for example)

Exit ticket Put the ecological hierarchy in the correct order from smallest to largest: *Community, ecosystem, population, biome, organism.