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Biodiversity and the distribution o f life on planet earth. Re-cap - biomes. What are biomes? What is fauna? What is climate? What is flora? Name 2 factors that influence biome distribution. Today we are learning about Ecosystems - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Biodiversity and the distribution of life on planet earth
Re-cap - biomes
• What are biomes?
• What is fauna?
• What is climate?
• What is flora?
• Name 2 factors that influence biome distribution
Today we are learning about Ecosystems
• An ecosystem consists of all the organisms living in a particular habitat and the non-living components with which the organisms interact
An ecosystem is a community of plants, animals and smaller organisms that live, feed, reproduce and interact in the same habitat or environment.The non-living components include temperature, pH, CO2 , O2 and other chemicals.
Some ecosystems are very large.
For example, many bird species nest in one place and feed in a completely different area.
On the other hand, some ecosystems may be physically small, like in a meadow at the edge of a forest, or in a coral reef in the ocean.
There are many ecosystems in the world
Urban green spaces & gardens
And there are a variety of ecosystems in Scotland such as:
Woodland
And in each of these big areas there are many different smaller ecosystems
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) are one of Scotland’s national organisations that have documented the
ecosystems found in Scotland including:
Gardens and allotments
Oak woodsCaledonian pinewoodsBirch woods
Wet woods
Ash woods
Wood pasture and parkland
Atlantic hazel
Minor woodland types
Heaths
Peat bogs
Grasslands
Mountain heaths & willow scrub Inland rock
Freshwater lochs
Lowland wetlands
Ponds
Rivers, streams and headwaters
Lowland grassland Lowland heaths
Traditional orchards and wood pasture
Arable fieldsSeabed
Coastal habitats
On the SNH website many of these ecosystems are described in detail.
You will pick one of these ecosystemsto research further from the SNH website.(This is a very short research task)You will need to fill in the ecosystem sheet provided.You will need to be prepared to pair up and share your information with other people.
In ecosystems the organisms are inter-linkedin many ways:
If ecosystems are disturbed or changed by natural or man-made events then this can have serious consequences for the ecosystem
• Animals are food for other animals• Plants are food for animals• Shelter is provided by plants for animals
A typical Scottish Loch ecosystem food web
Look at this and write down 3 things about it
Look at the web again.
It has been a very cold winter and all the frogspawn was killed meaning no tadpoles.What changes will this make and why?
Look at the web again.
A pesticide has been used to kill the snails as they can spread diseases to sheep like Liver flukeWhat changes will this make and why?
An ecosystem consists of all the organisms living in a particular habitat and the non-living components with which the organisms interact
What are ecosystems?