ECOSYSTEMS, Biomes, and Biodiversity

Learn about ecosystems, biomes, and biodiversity! Perfect for 5th grade science.

Ecosystems and biomes Click video tile to bring up Khan Academy video. You may need to pause and "rewind" video as needed. You may also use the next link that has notes about the video. Intro to Ecosystems Use the Khan Academy videos and notes to fill in the notes below. Population is all of the same species in a certain area.All of the populations in an area are called a community.Living factors = bioticNon-living factors = abiotic Biotic and Abiotic Factors Sort the terms as biotic or abiotic. There are three of each. Biotic insects animals plants Abiotic sunlight water dirt Fill in the blanks An ecosystem is made up of all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area. Energy tends to enter an ecosystem as light and that energy is transferred from one organism to another and is eventually turned into heat. There are two main categories of ecosystems: land and water. Connect the term with its definition population all of the same species in one area community all of the populations in an area biotic factors living things abiotic factos non-living things ecosystem all the living and non-living things in an area Levels of Organization Label each level of organization with the appropriate term. Copy and paste the term in the appropriate box.Word Bank:Community Population Organism Ecosystem Organism Population Community Ecosystem Biodiversity After watching the video Biodiversity, explain in your own words what is meant by biodiversity. Give an example of a healthy ecosystem in terms of biodiversity from the video or from your understanding of different ecosystems. Explain how your example fits the description.