Ecosystems
Unit Questions
What is an ecosystem?
How do limiting factors impact populations over time?
How does energy move in ecosystems and how is it modeled?
How do changes in the environment, either human made or naturally occurring, cause a shift in all the populations of a particular ecosystem?
What is the probable extent of the impact of an invasive species on an ecosystem’s dynamics?
In what ways and to what extent can the impact of an invasive species on an ecosystem be prevented or mitigated?
Vocabulary (*essential vocabulary)
ecology
ecosystem*
food chain*
prey
parasitism
biotic factor*
herbivore
food web*
predator
producer*
abiotic factor*
carnivore
energy pyramid*
symbiosis
decomposer*
population
omnivore
habitat
mutualism
community
scavenger
niche
commensalism
heterotroph*
autotroph*
limiting factor*
invasive species*
Online Resources
Food Fight Game username: wilsonteacher password: wilsonteacher
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