Natural Ecosystems unit 5

Ecosystems unit 5

1. 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 .

2. GROUP OF ANIMALS WHICH BELONG TO THE SAME SPECIES Different populations interact with each other Living and non-living things

3. TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM TUNDRA -COLDEST AND DRY ECOSYSTEM -NO TREES -FLORA: LICHEN, MOSSES AND GRASSES -FAUNA: CARIBOU, REINDEER, POLAR BEARS, WOLVES…

4. TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM GRASSLANDS FLAT AREAS DOMINATED BY GRASSES SAVANNAHS IN TROPICAL AREAS -FAUNA: ZEBRAS, ELEPHANTS, GIRAFFES, LIONS, GAZELLES AND ANTELOPES TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS STEPPES (estepas) and PRAIRIES (praderas) IN COLDER CLIMATE REGIONS -FAUNA: BISON, WOLVES, PRAIRIE DOGS AND COYOTES. COYOTE

5. TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM TROPICAL 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

6. TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM FORESTS -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

7. TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM FORESTS -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

8. TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM DESERTS -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…

9. FIND OUT THE ECOSYSTEMS TUNDRA CONIFEROUS FOREST

10. FIND OUT THE ECOSYSTEMS SAVANNAH TEMPERATE GRASSLAND (STEPPES)

11. FIND OUT THE ECOSYSTEMS TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST MEDITERRANEAN FOREST

12. 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

13. 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 W etlands Soil cover by water . In dry season this water evaporates Flamingo Tadpole