Unit 7
Unit 7
Unit 7: Organisms and Environment: Relationships, Systems and Cycles (18 Days)
Observe and Describe the physical characteristics of environments and how they support populations and communities of plants and animals within an ecosystem
Identify fossils as evidence of past living organisms and the nature of environments at the time using models
Predict the effects of changes in ecosystems caused by living organisms, including humans
Observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and nonliving components
Describe the flow of energy within a food web, including the roles of: the Sun, producers, consumers and decomposers
TEKS: 3.9 A, 5.9A, 5.9 B, 5.9 C, 5.9 D
Ongoing: 5.1A, 5.1B. 5.2A, 5.2B, 5.2C, 5.2E, 5.2F, 5.3A, 5.3B, 5.3C, 5.4A
4th Grading Cycle
Unit 7: Organisms and Environment: Relationships, Systems and Cycles (cont’d for 6 days)
Unit 7: Organisms and Environment: Relationships, Systems and Cycles
What is the difference between biotic and abiotic?
What are the roles within a food web?
Can you identify fossils using models?
How are ecosystems affected by change?
What are the physical characteristics of environments in an ecosystem?
Key Academic Vocabulary:
Unit 7: Organisms and Environment: Relationships, Systems and Cycles
Ecosystem, Living, Non-living, Energy, Food Chain, Food Web, Consumer, Producer, Decomposer, Predator, Prey, Overpopulation, Competition, Respiration, Species, Population, Community, Disturbance, Diversity, Biotic, Abiotic, Sun, Fossil, Imprint, Interaction, Niche, Role