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Interactions in ecosystem. Populations in Ecosystems. A population is a group of organisms that belong to the same species and lives in a particular place at the same time. Abundance – the number of individuals. Density – how crowded. Number of organisms per unit area. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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INTERACTIONS IN ECOSYSTEM
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Populations in Ecosystems
A population is a group of organisms that belong to the same species and lives in a particular place at the same time.
Abundance – the number of individuals.
Density – how crowded. Number of organisms per unit area.
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What influences a population?
Life expectancy
Death rateBirth rate
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GROWTH RATE OF POPULATION
= BIRTH RATE – DEATH RATE
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Populations constantly fluctuate, particularly populations that are linked in a predator prey relationship.
Predator – uses another organism as a food source.
Prey - an organism that is eaten as a food source.
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Predator Prey
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PREDATOR PREY
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Interrelationships among Organisms Some organisms compete for the
same resources, and live together in a community, so have words to describe the relationships between organisms:
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SYMBIOSIS Where two different species live together in
a close association. The association benefits at least one of
them and the other is not disadvantaged.
There are two common types of symbiosis
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MUTUALISMA relationship between two organisms in which both benefit.
The alga and fungus make up lichen .
The alga provides food and oxygen for photosynthesis.
The fungus provides the moist environment necessary for the alga.
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All grazing herbivores rely on symbiotic bacteria or protozoa in their digestive system.
Bacteria in the digestive system can digest cellulose.
The bacteria have a habitat with a constant environment and amply supply of food.
The kangaroo obtains access to an additional food source.
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COMMENSALISMA relationship between two organisms in which only one
benefits and the other is unaffected.
The anemone fish and the sea anemone
The anemone fish live among the tentacles and gain protection from predators.
The anemone appears to receive no benefit.
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Aphids are small, soft-bodied, near defenseless insects that feed on plant sap. They feed by inserting a pointed, strawlike mouth structure called a stylus into the vascular tissues (internal piping) of the plant and sucking the plant juices out. Plant sap, a combination of water and sugars, is low in other nutrients, however, and the aphid must process a great deal of plant sap in order to get the amino acids and other nutrients it needs. Most of the sugars and water, therefore, are excreted as waste through a pair of structures called cornicles located near the rearend of the insect.
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The remora fish & the shark The remora gains a
free ride and feeds on scraps from the shark’s food but appears to be of no service to the sharks.
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PARASITISM A relationship in which one organism
lives in or on another and feeds from it. The organism in which a parasite lives in
or on is called the host. Well adapted parasites cause little harm
to their host. Their host remains healthy and able to provide them with a habitat and food.
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Tapeworm Many tapeworms
live attached to the lining of the digestive system of their host animal and absorb digested food without casing any serious harm.
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HYDATIDS Other parasites
irritate their host and some cause disease which can kill their host. Disease causing parasites are called pathogens.
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Food webs Energy in an ecosystem
originally comes from the sun Energy flows through
Ecosystems from producers to consumersProducers (make food)Consumers (use food by eating producers or other consumers)
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Feeding Relationships
Energy flows through an ecosystem in one direction
from producers to various levels of consumers
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Feeding Relationships Food Chain
Simple Energy path through an ecosystem
Food WebMore realistic path through an ecosystem made of many food chains
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Food Chain
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Food Web
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Name the Producer, Consumers & Decomposers in this food chain:
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Food Chain
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Producer (trapped sunlight & stored food)
1st order Consumer
2nd Order Consumer
3rd Order consumer
4th Order Consumer
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Niche of a Producer Captures energy and
transforms it into organic, stored energy for the use of living organisms.
May be photoautotrophs using light energy (e.g. plants)
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Producers• Sunlight is the main source of energy for most life on earth.
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ConsumersHeterotrophs eat other
organisms to obtain energy. Omnivores (Humans)
Eat Plants & Animals Detritivores (Scavengers)
Feed On Dead Plant & Animal Remains (buzzards)
DecomposersFungi & Bacteria
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Trophic Levels Carnivores/Omnivores
Make Up The Remaining Trophic Levels
Each level depends on the one below it for
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Trophic LevelsEach Level In A Food Chain or
Food Web is a Trophic Level. Producers
Always The First Trophic Level
How Energy Enters The System
HerbivoresSecond Trophic Level
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ConsumersHeterotrophs eat other
organisms to obtain energy. (e.g. animals)
HerbivoresEat Only Plants
CarnivoresEat Only Other Animals
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PhotoautotrophProducer That Captures
Energy from the sun by:Photosynthesis
○Adds Oxygen to the atmosphere
○Removes Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere
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Algae
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Autotrophs An Autotroph is any
organism that can produce its own food supply!
Autotrophs are also called Producers
Plants, algae, some protists, & some bacteria are examples
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Ecological PyramidsGraphic Representations Of
The Relative Amounts of Energy or Matter At Each
Trophic LevelMay be:
Energy PyramidBiomass Pyramid
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Energy Pyramid
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Biomass Pyramid
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Biomass – All organic material in an ecosystem.
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Natural Cycling of Ecosystems
Ecosystems are important because of the way that they are cyclic in terms of resources and nutrients
We can track the flow of these things through the ecosystem by studying different cycles:
-- Water cycle
-- Carbon Cycle
-- Nitrogen Cycle
-- Oxygen Cycle
-- Energy cycle
-- this includes food webs, chains, and pyramids
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