WHAT ARE ECOSYSTEMS?

Where Things Live

Living things need a place to live and

grow.
Fish live in water.
Birds live in trees and fly
through the air.
Plants grow where there is
soil, water and sun.
 Main Idea and Details

Living things need

a place to live
and grow.

Plants grow where

Birds live in trees
Fish live in water. there is soil, water
and fly in the air.
and sun.
ENVIRONMENT
The living and
nonliving things
that surround a
living thing make
up its
environment.
 What do living things get from
their environments?
Many living things share their
environments and its resources.
1. Food
2. Water
3. Oxygen
4. Space
 Parts of an Ecosystem
An ecosystem is made up of all the
living and nonliving things in an
environment.
Different types of organisms
live in an ecosystem.

A group of organisms
of the same kind
living in the same
place is a
population.
All the population that live in
an ecosystem at the same time
form a community.
 All members of a
community live in the same
ecosystem but they do not
all live in the same part of
the ecosystem.
Where Plants and Animals
Live
Habitat is a place where
plants and animals lives.
It is a place where they can
meet their needs.
Animals get food, water, and
shelter from their habitat,
 Organisms and their
Habitats
Some organisms can survive only in
certain habitats.
For example, a polar could not find
the water it needs in a desert.
 Classify Living and Nonliving
things
Living Things Non Living Things
Fish Air
Water lily Rocks
Plants Cave
Animals Soil
People water
Use the following tree map to
write a lesson summary.

Parts
of an
Ecosystem

Populations Communities Habitats

 Lesson 2
What are some types of
ecosystems?
Types of Ecosystems
Deserts are very
dry ecosystems.

Desert plants and

animals can
survive with very
little water.
 Desert Plants
Desert plants, such
as cactus, have
thick stems that
store water.
The roots of a
cactus lie just
below the soil and
spread far from the
plant.
Grassland Ecosystems
Grasslands are dry,
often flat areas of
land that are hot in
the summer and cold
in the winter.
They get more rain
and snow than
deserts but less that
most other
ecosystems.
 Plants
The main plant in a
grassland
ecosystem is grass.
There are not many
bushes in the
grassland.
Trees are found
only by rivers and
streams.
 Saltwater Ecosystems
Saltwater ecosystems are oceans.
Oceans cover about three fourths of
Earths surface, so there are more
saltwater ecosystems than any other.
Sharks, sea turtles, corals and
octopus are all ocean animals.
So are whales and seals.
 Freshwater Ecosystems
Rivers, ponds, lakes and
streams have fresh water.
Lakes and rivers are closely
tied. Some lakes are the
source for some rivers.
Important rivers, most
often, originate from lakes.
Some rivers end in lakes.
Since both rivers and lakes
are freshwater and flow in
and out of each other, they
share similar characteristics
and many species reside in
both habitats.
Forest Ecosystems

Forest are ecosystems

in which many trees
grow.
 Tropical Rain Forest
A tropical rain
forest grows where
it is hot and wet all
year long.
Animals such as
jaguars and
monkeys live there.
Deciduous Forest
What's A Temperate
Deciduous Forest Like?
One of the most interesting
features of the temperate
deciduous forest is its
changing seasons .
The word "deciduous" means
exactly what the leaves on
these trees do: change color in
autumn, fall off in the winter,
and grow back again in the
spring. This adaptation helps
trees in the forest survive
winter.
 Drawing Conclusions
Suppose all the plants in one
ecosystem died.
What do you think would happen to
that ecosystem?
Why?
Ecosystem What I look like
Desert Hot and dry

Rains every day and has many trees

Rain Forest
and plants

Deciduous Forest Enough rain for trees to grow. They

lose their leaves in the fall.
Freshwater
Ecosystems Made up of rivers, ponds, lakes and
streams and my water does not have
much salt
 Try this!
Choose an ecosystem.
Make a drawing of it.
Write a descriptive paragraph about
it.
Include the following details:
1. Name of the ecosystem
2. Type of ecosystem: Characteristics
3. Animals and plants found their.