Post on 27-Jul-2015
UNIT 5
ECOSYSTEM
IS MADE UP OF LIVING THINGS (FLORA, FAUNA AND OTHER ORGANISMS) AND NON-LIVING THINGS (PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: SOIL, WATER, SUNLIGHT, CLIMATE, TEMPERATURA…) WHICH WORK TOGETHER TO
MAKE A BALANCED SYSTEM
Habitat: place where living things grow and live.
GROUP OF ANIMALS WHICH BELONG TO THE SAME SPECIES
Different populations interact with each other
Living and non-living things
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMTUNDRA
-COLDEST AND DRY ECOSYSTEM-NO TREES-FLORA: LICHEN, MOSSES AND GRASSES-FAUNA: CARIBOU, REINDEER, POLAR BEARS, WOLVES…
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMGRASSLANDS
FLAT AREAS DOMINATED BY GRASSES
SAVANNAHS
IN TROPICAL AREAS-FAUNA: ZEBRAS, ELEPHANTS, GIRAFFES, LIONS, GAZELLES AND ANTELOPES
TEMPERATE GRASSLANDSSTEPPES (estepas) and PRAIRIES (praderas)
IN COLDER CLIMATE REGIONS-FAUNA: BISON, WOLVES, PRAIRIE DOGS AND COYOTES.
COYOTE
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMTROPICAL RAINFOREST
-IT ‘S IN WARM AND WET AREAS. -FLORA: EVERGREEN TREES, ORCHIDS AND FERNS-FAUNA: SNAKES, MONKEYS, JAGUARS, INSECTS AND BIRDS (PARROTS AND TOUCANS)
AMAZON RIVER
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMFORESTS
-IT ‘S LOCATES IN COLD AREAS. -FLORA: EVERGREEN TREES (PINES AND FIR TREES)-FAUNA: BROWN BEARS, DEER, FOXES AND WEASELS (comadreja)
CONIFEROUS FORESTS TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FORESTS
-NORT OF SPAIN-FLORA: DECIDUOUS TREES (lose their leaves every winter): OAK (roble), BEECH (haya), MAPLE (arce). -FAUNA: squirrels, rodents (roedores) and wild boar
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMFORESTS
-ALMOST ALL SPAIN. CLOSE TO MEDITERRANEAN SEA AREAS.-FLORA: CORK OAKS (alcornoque), HOLM OAK (encina), THYME (tomillo) and ROSEMARY (romero) -FAUNA: EAGLES, LYNX, RODENTS, FOXES, HAWKS (halcones)…
MEDITERRANEAN FORESTS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMDESERTS
-THEY ARE THE DRIEST AND HOTTEST PLACES ON EARTH.-HIGH TEMPERATURE DURING THE DAY VERY LOW IN NIGHT.-FLORA: CACTI AND SMALL BUSHES-FAUNA: LIZARDS, SNAKES, CAMELS, SCORPIONS…
FIND OUT THE ECOSYSTEMS
TUNDRA
CONIFEROUS FOREST
FIND OUT THE ECOSYSTEMS
SAVANNAH
TEMPERATE GRASSLAND (STEPPES)
FIND OUT THE ECOSYSTEMS
TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST
MEDITERRANEAN FOREST
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
MARINE (SALT WATER)
CORAL REEF: WARM SEAN NEAR THE EQUATOR (CARIBBEAN SEA)
OPEN OCEAN: whales, sharks, dolphins, swordfish…
SHORELINE: where the sea and land meet.
limpets
clams
mussels
coral
anemone
sponges
clownfish
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
FRESH WATER
FLOWING WATER
RIVERS AND STREAMS
Crocodiles, turtles, trouts,
frogs…
STANDING WATER (WATER DOESN´T MOVE)
Lakes and ponds: lakes are bigger than ponds
Wetlands
Soil cover by water. In dry season this water evaporates
Flamingo
Tadpole