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Designing An Ecosystem
Designing An Ecosystem
In this project you and your group will be creating a unique ecosystem that shows the biotic
factors and abiotic factors that interact to form the ecosystem. You will show the feeding relationships
between organisms in the ecosystem by making a food web. In addition, you will also specifically
describe an organism at each trophic level that lives in your ecosystem. You will have some class time
to work on the project as a group, but you will need to use some out of class time also. You will give
an oral presentation of your ecosystem to the class next ______________.Your grade will consist of a
group grade (ecosystem info, food web info, & choosing 4 organisms from different trophic levels = 35
pts) and an individual grade (presentation of your organism = 20 pts).
ECOSYSTEM REQUIREMETNS:
Location – where is it located? (underwater, on a mountain, in the jungle, in a desert, on
another planet, etc.)
Living Community – create imaginary (organisms must be imaginary) organisms to inhabit
your ecosystem. Must have organisms from each of the following trophic levels (give
population size of each level): please don’t forget your information about the energy pyramid
o Producers
o Primary Consumers
o Secondary & Higher Consumers
o Decomposers
Abiotic Factors – (non-living factors) describe climate (temperature, precipitation, seasons,
amount of sunlight, etc) and surface conditions (soil texture, amount of water, vegetation,
atmosphere, etc)