How are species on our planet connected?

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How are species on our planet connected?
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Layers of our Planet

• Geosphere solid part of earth that consists of
  soil, rock and sediments.
• Atmosphere mixture of gases surrounding earth.
• Hydrosphere All water found on earth.
• Biosphere All areas on the planet that life can
  exist.

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How does Energy flow in the Ecosystem?
Food Chain
ENERGY PYRAMID
Food Web
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ENERGY CYCLE

• Producers Make their own food (plants)
• Consumers Consume or eat their food (animals)
• Herbivores Eat only plants
• Carnivores Eat only animals
• Omnivores Eat both plants and animals
• Decomposers Break down dead organisms, absorb
  their food (bacteria, fungi)

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Fill in the Food Web
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What are Biomes?

• A large region of the planet characterized by a
  specific climate and certain types of plants and
  animal communities.

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Carbon Water Cycles
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How Ecosystems Change

• Ecological Succession gradual change and
  replacement of species in a community.
• Primary Succession occurs on a surface where no
  ecosystem existed before.
• Secondary Succession occurs where an ecosystem
  already existed (disrupted by humans, animals,
  storms)