Levels of Organization MATTER LIVING THINGS ECOSYSTEM Atom

Levels of Organization MATTER LIVING THINGS ECOSYSTEM Atom Molecule Cell Macromolecule Tissue Organelle Organ Cell Organ System Organism Population Community Ecosystem/Biome Biosphere

Biome Ecosystem Community Population Organism

An individual living thing. Organism

Same type of organisms living together in an area. Population

Several different populations living together and interacting with each other. Community

A biotic (living) community plus the abiotic (nonliving) components. Ecosystem

COMPONENTS OF AN ECOSYSTEM Biotic ABIOTIC (living parts) Producers Herbivores Carnivores Scavengers Omnivores Decomposers (nonliving parts) Sunlight Precipitation Soil & Rocks Temperature Minerals Water

COMPONENTS OF AN ECOSYSTEM Biotic ABIOTIC (living parts) Producers Herbivore Carnivores Scavengers Omnivores Decomposers (nonliving parts) Sunlight Precipitation Soil & Rocks Temperature Minerals Water

TROPHIC LEVELS Top Carnivore Third- Level Consumer Carnivore Second-Level Consumer Herbivore First-Level Consumer Producers (plants) FOOD CHAIN

ENERGY PYRAMID

Food Web

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A BIOME is large region characterized by a specific type of climate and the plants and animals that live there. Tropical Rainforest Desert

The BIOSPHERE is all the biomes of the world including the abiotic components. http: //people. hofstra. edu/geotrans/eng/ch 8 en/conc 8 en/envisys. h tml

Trophic level is the position organisms have in the food chain.

A FOOD CHAIN is the transfer of energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem in a line.

A FOOD WEB is a complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

Biome Ecosystem Community Population Organism

A BIOME is large region characterized by a specific type of climate and the plants and animals that live there. Tropical Rainforest Desert

Producers are organisms that produce their own food through photosynthesis.

Herbivores

Carnivores

Scavengers

Omnivores

Decomposers

Sunlight is the main energy source in an ecosystem.

Percipitation is rain, sleet, hail, snow, etc.

Soils contains the nutrients needed by living things.

temperature

Minerals

Ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, puddles, and oceans

COMPONENTS OF AN ECOSYSTEM BIOTIC (living parts) ABIOTIC (nonliving parts) Producers (take sunlight and produce food) Sunlight Herbivores (consumers that eat only plants) Precipitation (rain, snow, hail, etc. ) Carnivores (consumers that eat only meat) Soil and Rocks Scavengers (consumers that feed on dead things left Temperature behind by predators or road kill) Omnivores (consumers that eat both meat Minerals and plants) (nutrients) Decomposers (break down dead organisms and Water recycle the nutrients back to the environment) (ponds, lakes, rivers, etc. )

Tropic of Cancer equator Tropic of Capricorn

YEARLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE & PRECIPITATION

Tundra is the coldest of all the biomes. Tundra comes from the Finnish word tunturia, meaning treeless plain.

When water saturates the upper surface, bogs and ponds may form, providing moisture for plants.

Soil in the Tundra is poor in nutrients. Permafrost is a layer of soil that is frozen year round. Only the top active layer thaws out in summer.

SNOWY OWL

There about 1, 700 kinds of plants in the arctic tundra.

Arctic Poppy

Arctic Dwarf Willows

Cotton grass/ sedge

There are two types of TUNDRA: Arctic Tundra Alpine Tundra

ARCTIC TUNDRA

ALPINE TUNDRA

rctic tundra is in the northern hemisphere surrounding the north pole. ainfall and snow combined average is 6 to 10 inches yearly. oldest and driest of all the biomes. he only trees that grow in the tundra are the dwarf willows. ce melts during summer but can’t drain into the soil because it is frozen overs 20% of the Earth’s surface. he top layer of soil is called the active layer which melts during summer nder the active layer is the permafrost which is frozen soil year round. ame“tundra”is from the Finnish word tunturia, meaning treeless plain. warf willow trees are only 4 inches tall. eferred to as a cold desert. verage winter temperature is – 300 F and summer temp. is 37 -540 F.

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climatograph

The frigid cold and deep snow makes life in the tundra very difficult. Every animal must adapt in order to survive. Some have grown thick fur which turns white in the winter. Others find a place to hibernate during the winter months. The arctic tundra is at the top of the world -- around the North Pole. Animals are adapted to handle cold winters and to breed and raise young quickly in the very short and cool summers. Temperatures during the arctic winter can dip to -60 F (-51 C)! The average temperature of the warmest month is between 50 F (10 C) and 32 F (0 C). Sometimes as few as 55 days per year have a mean temperature higher than 32 F (0 C). The average annual temperature is only 10 to 20 F (-12 C to -6 C). The soil is often frozen. Permafrost, or permanent ice, usually exists within a meter of the surface. Water is unavailable during most of the year. Annual precipitation is very low, usually less than 10 inches (25 centimeters)

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