Module 9

Taxonomy and Ecology

 Session Overview
1. Classifying Living Things
2. Labster Activity
3. Ecology
4. Labster Activity
5. Abiotic and Biotic Components and
Organization of Living Organisms
6. Energy Flow and Material Cycle
7. Species Interaction and Symbiotic Relationship
8. Labster Activity
9. Food Chains, Food Web, and Trophic Level
10. Labster Activities
11. Energy and Biomass Pyramid
12. Summative Assessment 3 (Final Exam)
Classifying Living Things
Carolus Linnaeus
 OE 28 Labster Activity
Bioinformatics: An Introduction
Duration: 25 mins x 2 attempts

DUE: August 16, 2023

ECOLOGY
 OE 29 Labster Activity
Biomes: Identify and create the main biomes on Earth
Duration: 35 mins x 2 attempts

DUE: August 16, 2023

Abiotic and Biotic Components and Organization of Living Organisms
Energy Flow and Material Cycle
Species Interaction and Symbiotic Relationship
 Fill-out the table below

Organism Symbol of Types of

Interaction Interaction

Dragonfly Mosquito

Tick Dog

Cheetah Wolf

Orchid Acacia Tree

Flies Carabao
 Fill-out the table below

Organism Symbol of Types of

Interaction Interaction

Dragonfly Mosquito +- Predation

Tick Dog +- Parasitism

Cheetah Wolf --/+-/-+ Competition

Orchid Acacia Tree +0 Commensalism

Flies Carabao ++ Mutualism

Food Chain—series of steps in which organisms transfer
energy by eating and being eaten

1. Arrows go in the direction of how energy is

transferred

2. Start with producer and end with top consumer

or carnivore
Ex: grass cricket frog raccoon
Food Web—network of food chains within an ecosystem

Hawks

Weasels Raccoons

Mice

Grass

Which of the organisms above is the producer? Grass

Which of the organisms above is the top consumer? Hawks
Trophic Levels—each step in a food chain or food web

1. Level 1—Producers (autotrophs)

2. Level 2—Primary Consumers (herbivores)

3. Level 3—Secondary Consumers

(carnivores or omnivores)

4. Level 4—Tertiary Consumers

(carnivore—usually top carnivore)
 QUESTIONS AND ANALYSIS

1. What is the feeding habit of goat in the food chain?

2. Which organism consider as the only producer in the
food chain?
3. Which organism/s absorbs the highest energy?
4. Which organism consider as the tertiary consumer?
5. Which organism has the highest rate of survival?
6. Which organism belong to the third trophic level?
7-8. What might happen to the food chain,
if goat remove from the food chain?
9-10. What might happen to the food chain,
if man remove from the food chain?
✓ OE 30: Trophic Level: Grazer vs. Predator
Duration: 25 mins x 2 attempts
✓ OE 31: Food webs: Learn about interactions between trophic
levels
Duration: 24 mins x 2 attempts
DUE: August 16, 2023
Energy and Biomass Pyramid (together)

Represents amount of energy

available at each level as well
as amount of living tissue—
both decrease with each
increasing trophic level
Heavy metals
Ex: mercury

Pesticides
Ex: DDT
(dichlorodiphenyltrich
loroethane)

Organochlorides:
Ex: PCBs
Summative
Assessment 3
Final Exam

August 16, 2023

2:30 – 4:00 (CE 4-1)

6:00 – 7:30 (EE/ECE 4-1)

SHL 303

August 23, 2023

Final Grade Consultation