Ecosystems

Topic: The Different Roles Organisms Play

in an Ecosystem

Fifth Grade-Life ScienceMs. Jordan PrittsMarch 16, 2015

An ecosystems is a community of plants and animals that interact with their environment

ecosystems

Biotic and Abiotic FactorsBiotic: living

o Plantso Animalso Bacteria

Abiotic: non-livingo Sunshineo Airo Dirto Rockso Temperature

Test Your Skills

Biotic Abiotic

AirPlantsAnimalsSunshineBacteriaDirtRocksTemperature

The passing of energy from one

organism to the next.

Decomposer

Third Level Consumer

Second Level Consumer

First Level Consumer

Producer

Food Chains

Producers

An organism that creates it’s own food from

non-living materials

ConsumersOrganisms that

have to eat other organisms to

survive1. First Level-Herbivore: eats plants

2. Second Level-Omnivore: eats plants and animals-Carnivore: eats other animals

3. Third Level - Carnivores that eat other carnivores

Decomposers

An organism that obtains their energy from other decaying

organisms

Test What You Know!

Build an Ecosystem

Parts of an Ecosystem

Click the link above to build

your own ecosystem and explore what

happens when an organism leaves and ecosystem

Click the link above to further

explore biotic and abiotic

factors as well as roles in an ecosystem

Keep On Thinking….

What types of

food chains

are in your

backyard?

How would an ecosystem change if an organism goes extinct?

How am I a part

of a food chain?

References:

Study Jams: Food Chains. (n.d.). Retrieved March 2, 2015, from http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/food-chains.htm

Study Jams: Ecosystems. (n.d.). Retrieved March 2, 2015, from http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/ecosystems.htm

Build the food chain! (n.d.). Retrieved March 5, 2015, from http://www.ecokids.ca/PUB/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/play_chainreaction.cfm

Analyzing an Ecosystem. (n.d.). Retrieved March 7, 2015, from http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/asset/lsps07_int_ecosystem/

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