Ecosystems

ECOSYSTEMS

ECOSYSTEMS

Ecosystems are communities of living species…

LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION

LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION

A population is a group of living things of the same species which live in the same place.

POPULATION OF PINE TREES

POPULATION OF PENGUINS

POPULATION OF RABBITS

All the different populations that live in the same place are a community.

The habitat is the place where they live.

An ecosystem includes all the living and non-living things in an area and the interaction between them.

LIVING

NON-LIVING

SUNLIGHTTEMPERATURE WATER AIR WIND ROCKS SOIL

POPULATIONSCOMMUNITIES

An ecosystem can be terrestrial or aquatic. There are different types.