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Ecosystems - Coggle Diagram
Ecosystems
Distribution of global ecosystems are nfluenced by:
Ocean Currents
Winds
Distribution of Land and Sea (continentality/marine)
Solar intensity
Rainfall
Geology
Soil
rainforest
layers
canopy
Largest layer of the rainforest 20 - 45m
shrub
Second layer of the rainforest mostly including bushes.
forest floor
Floor of the rainforest with small plants and leaf litter
emergant
Top layer of the rainforest 45m +
Equator
abiotic factors
thin soils
high rainfall
Adaptations
Buttress Roots
Provide stability for trees allowing them to grow quickly
Lianas
Use the trees to provide support and get to sunlight.
Drip Tip Leaves
Allows water to run off leaves preventing it rotting
Smooth Bark
Water runs off trunks meaning that it does not rot
Bird
Toucan bill adapted to crush and open nuts and seeds
Key words
Biome
A global-scale ecosystem
Producer
A plant or animal that photosynthesis
Consumer
Something that eats the producer or other consumers
Decomposer
Something that breaks down dead matter.
Changes to ecosystems can be done by physical and human activities:
Human
Pollution - Created by
Resource exploitation - getting resources such as coal and wood
Urbanisation
Physical
Rain - can drown plants and cause floods destroying habitats
Disease - kills of large numbers of animals in the ecosystem
Natural disasters
Wind - can damage plants and habitats
local
new forest
Layers
canopy
oak and horse chestnut
Shrub layer
brambles, bluebells and wild garli
Herb layer
holly and hawthorn
Forest floor
moss, fungi, leaf litter and decaying wood
Animals
Red fox
finches
buzzerds
squirrels
pine martins
Deer
Adders
ponys
Deciduous
A community of plants and animals including abiotic factors