Standards
5.L.2.1 Compare the characteristics of several common ecosystems, including estuaries and salt marshes, oceans, lakes, and ponds, forests, and grasslands
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Essential Questions
In what ways are environmental systems connected?
How do changing environmental systems affect organisms? How does energy move through an ecosystem? |
Biome
Aquatic Estuary Salt Marsh Ocean Coral Reef Lake Pond |
Terrestrial
Temperate/Deciduous forest Rainforest Savanna Grassland Desert Coniferous Forest (taiga) Arctic Tundra |
Food chain
Food web Energy Pyramid Prey / Predators Competition Natural Resources Population Communities |
Habitat
Producer Consumer Decomposer Biotic Abiotic Photosynthesis Adaptation |
Deciduous Forest |
Rainforest |
Coniferous Forest (Taiga)Desert |
Grasslands (Savanna)Arctic Tundra |
Salt Water |
Fresh Water |
Energy Pyramid |
Food Chain |
Food Webs |