Students will describe the roles of organisms and the flow of energy within an ecosystem
Students will identify factors that affect the survival or extinction of organisms such as adaptation, variation of behaviors (hibernation), and external features (camouflage and protection).
I can explain how living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem interact.
I can differentiate between populations and communities.
I can explain how biotic and abiotic factors affect ecosystems.
Identify the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in a community.
I can explain how living things use the energy from sunlight.
I can explain how living things get energy from other living things.
I can explain how consumers depend on other living things.
Predict how changes in the environment would affect a community (ecosystem) of organisms.
Predict effects on a population if some of the plants or animals in the community are scarce or if there are too many.
I can demonstrate how energy moves through food chains and food webs.
I can describe how climate influences an ecosystem.
Demonstrate the flow of energy through a food web/food chain beginning with sunlight and including producers, consumers, and decomposers.