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The Earth's biosphere and ecosystems, TERRESTIAL ECOSYSTEM (FOREST…
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TERRESTIAL ECOSYSTEM
FOREST
CONIFEROUS FOREST
Grow well in cold areas .
FLORA: Evergreen trees such as pines.
FAUNA: Deer, foxes and brown bear
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DESERTS
. Is a dry and hot place
-Temperatures are very high during the day and very low at night
Flora: cacti
Fauna: Camels
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TUNDRA
. Is the coldest and driest ecosystem on Earth .
- Is near the North Pole
-FLORA: There are no trees. Grasses and mosses grow well
Fauna: reinders, artic foxes, white wolves and polar bears
TROPICAL RAINFOREST
- LOCATED IN AREAS WITH TROPICAL CLIMATES NEAR THE EQUATOR.
- CLIMATE: Are warm all year.
FLORA: Evergreen trees, ferns, orchids and toucards.
FAUNA: Insects are the most abundant species.
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AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM
FRESH WATER ECOSYSTEM
FLOWING WATER
Rivers and steam
- Flora: reeds, water lilies and mosses
- FAUNA: Crocodiles and turtles.
STANDING WATER
Lakes and ponds can be natural or artificial.
FAUNA: Ducks, fish, insects and some amphibians
MARINE ECOSYSTEM
SHORELINE
CORAL REEFS
OPEN OCEAN
Is the largest ecosystem on Earth
FLORA: seaweeds
FAUNA: whales, dolphin and many types of fish
- Warm and shallow waters
- They are home to sea urchins, sponges, starfish lobster
Is the place where sea and land meets
Biosphere
ECOSYSTEM: It is a community of living things , non-living things and elements that live and interact in a specific area.
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FOOD CHAINS
- Represents who is eating whom
- there are producers consumers and decomposers
- Stars with the sun (vital for producers)
PRODUCERS
- Plant and algae - Make their own food through photosynthesis
CONSUMERS
Feed on other living organism
- HERBIVORES (primary consumers)
- CARNIVORES OR OMNIVORES eats primary consumers (secondary consumers)
- Tertiary consumers eat secondary consumers
DECOMPOSER
FEED on the remains of other living organism
OTHER RELATIONSHIPS
MUTUALISM
PREDATION
COMMENSALISM
PARASITSM
one organism, the parasite, benefits. It harms the other organism, the host
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A predator, a stronger animal , captures and eats its prey
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FOOD CHAIN
Combines many different food chains in an ecosystem.
Animals and plants are parts of more than one food chain
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