Culminating Project for Unit on

Interaction of Living Things in

their Environment

Aka “Who eats Whom”

Describe your biome?• Use the following websites to describe your biome• http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html• http://mbgnet.mobot.org/

• http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/introbiomes.htmlhttp://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/Biome/

 

                                                             

                                                                                               

What are abiotic and biotic factors?

List the nonliving and living things in your biome.

What are the levels of biological organization?

• Include the following:• Organisms• Population• Community• Ecosystem• biosphere

What are the characteristics of populations?

• Address the following characteristics:– Population density– Limiting factors– Carrying capacity

What are the interactions of communities?

• Give examples of :– symbiosis– Habitats– niches

How does energy flow through an ecosystem?

• Your food chain will show how energy moves through the food chain

• Include:• Producers• Consumers• Predator• Prey• decomposer

Rubric for Culminating ProjectAnswers thequestion:

6: Answers all questions in a clear, concise

manner

3: answers some of the questions, but not all are answered

0: Does not

answer question

Describe your biome.

What are the biotic and abiotic factors?

How do the levels of biological organization interact?

How do the characteristics of populations affect each other?

Shows the interactions in communities.

Does your project prove the importance of the food chain in a biome?