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Ch 2 Fourth Grade By Will And DYL👾🎮

Published on Mar 16, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ECOSYSTEM

AN ECOSYSTEM IS WHERE ALL OF THE ENVIRONMENT INTERACT.

ALL ECOSYSTEMS HAVE NONLIVING AND

LIVING THINGS


Most animals in the desert get their water from the food they eat

Photo by dret

What is life like in the rain forest?

Photo by @Doug88888

EMERGENT LAYER
This layer is the tops of the trees that get the most sunlight. But there is windy weather.

Photo by Poytr

The canopy layer
THIS LAYER IS RIGHT BELOW THE EMERGENT layer, and most animals live here because of the sunlight and food

Photo by @Doug88888

UNDERSTORY
This layer is below the canopy there is many animals here like leapords, Jaguars, frogs, and insects

Forest floor
LOWEST PART LEAST SUNLIGHT AND LITTLE PLANTS, and lots of decomposition

Photo by martinak15

MAIN IDEA
Ecosystems are places where living and nonliving things come together

How do animals depend on plants?
Animals depend on plants for food and air to survive

Plants depend on animals to spread seeds and give off carbon dioxide

Changes in ecosystem
An ecosystem can change a lot by forest fires and bad weather like hurricanes . Also humans can change an environment from an forest to homes

Photo by born1945

Humans can help Ecosystems by preventing forest fire by listening to smoky the bear and put out fires

Photo by newneonunion

Main idea
The main idea is that animals and plants depend on each other to survive

ADAPTATIONS

ANIMALS ADAPT TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT
Photo by VinothChandar

Camoflauge is when they blend in with their environment
Mimicry is when they pretend to look like other organisms

Photo by moose477

Some animals are nocturnal in deserts, animals have thick coats for the tundra, and whales have lots of blubber to keep warm in deep oceans

Photo by JamesieAB

Main idea
The main idea is that an adaptation is a behavior that animals do to adapt to their environment

Photo by Mark Philpott

BYE!

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