Healthy Ecosystem A healthy ecosystem is composed of: Producers Consumers Decomposers.
What are the main factors that determine Earth’s climate? Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall.
Ecosystems and Communities Chapter 20. The role of Climate What is climate? –Temperature, precipitation, other environmental factors combine to produce.
Relationships Are Complicated! Symbiosis Overview.
4.2.1. 3.Habitat – The area where an organism lives 4.Niche – The range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives.
What is the greenhouse effect?. AGENDA: 1.Finish PSQ: Greenhouse Effect 2.Notes 4-2: What shapes an Ecosystem? 3.Using Predators to Manage Population.
Ecosystems & Communities Chapter 4. The Role of Climate Chapter 4-1.
What shapes an Ecosystem?. Biotic and Abiotic Factors Biotic Factors – biological (living) influences on organisms within an ecosystem. Abiotic Factors.
Section 4.2 – What Shapes an Ecosystem? Biotic factors – the biological (living) influences on organisms within an ecosystem. Abiotic factors – the physical,
Mrs. Bertolotti How do abiotic and biotic factors shape ecosystems?
Initiation Describe a time in your life when you worked together with someone to achieve a common goal. What kind of relationship did you have to have.
Relationships Are Complicated!