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Populations and Ecosystems
8.L.3 Understand how organisms interact with and respond to the biotic and abiotic components of their environment.
8.L.3.1 Explain how factors such as food, water, shelter, and space affect populations in an ecosystem. 8.L.3.2 Summarize the relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers including the positive and negative consequences of such interactions including: coexistence and cooperation, competition (predator/prey), parasitism, mutualism. 8.L.3.3 Explain how the flow of energy within food webs is interconnected with the cycling of matter (including water, nitrogen, carbon dioxide and oxygen). |
Essential Questions
1. How do biotic and abiotic factors impact populations in an ecosystem? 2. How do biotic and abiotic factors interact to affect populations in an ecosystem? 3. How can we determine the “health” of a population? 4. How and why do organisms interact with one another? 5. How is energy distributed throughout an ecosystem? 6. In what ways do matter and energy connect? |
Notebook Pages
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59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 |
Page Title
Title Page Essential Questions Essential Questions Cont. Vocabulary Pre-Reflection Wolves of Yellowstone Bill Nye Notes Why is diversity important questions Notes on limiting factors Limiting Factors and Carrying Capacity Biotic and Abiotic Factors Changing Populations Relationships in Ecosystems Relationships in Ecosystems Cont. Nitrogen Cycle Nitrogen Cycle Cont. Carbon Cycle Carbon Cycle Cont. |
Supplemental Links If Necessary
See Questions Above See Questions Above Bill Nye Video Limiting Factors Flipped Video Access Google Classroom for Directions Study Jams Video on Nitrogen Cycle Study Jams Video on Carbon Cycle |