Food Web -Everglades Ecosystem

Food Web -Everglades Ecosystem

Assignment for week 5-Presentation 10-12 slides with speaker notes:

Food Web week 5-

Ilustrate the energy flow among organisms of a food chain in a

particular ecosystem. See Ch. 20 of the text for details and

examples.

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Determine the interdependency of life in your ecosystem by

examining its organisms.

Include the following:

• List the organisms that can be found in your ecosystem.

• Identify the structure and function of the main organs in at least

two organisms, and indicate why they are suited for that

environment.

• Label major organisms that live in your selected ecosystem: P

for producers, C for consumers and D for decomposers.

• Name types of consumers in your ecosystem.

• List the food chains associated with your ecosystem. Address

the following items:

o Name of the plant or animal

o What it eats

o What eats it

o How it adapts to the ecosystem

• Describe the ecosystem’s population growth and regulation

through community interactions.

• Evaluate potential hazards caused by humans that might affect

your ecosystem’s stability, such as environmental pollution.

Utilize labels and associated details in the diagram.

Format consistent with APA guidelines.

Chapter 20 diagram-see below of copy and pasted diagram.-example of food chain