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    Unit 4:

    Lesson 1:
    What Are Ecosystems?
    Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
    Kinds of
    Ecosystems
    Land Water
    ecosystems ecosystems
    Land ecosystems

    1-Grassland Ecosystems.
    Ex: 2-Desert Ecosystems.
    3-Forest Ecosystems.
    4-Mountain ecosystems.

    Forest
    Grassland
    ecosystem
    1-
    Grassland
    ecosyste
    Plants - Many m
    grasses.

    Animals

    Biso Antelop
    n e

    Wolve Bull
    Desert Ecosystem
     Very hot, very dry
    Climat  Very little rains.
    e
     Cactus Plants.
    Plants
     Kangaroo rats, Rattle snakes and elf owl.
    Animals

    Rattle snake Kangaroo rat Elf owl


    3- Forest
    ecosyste
    ms
    * Have a lot of trees like:
    - tropical rain forests. - Deciduous forests.
    a.Tropical rain forests
     Warm and wet all year long.
    Climat
    e
     many different kinds of trees.
    Plants
     Jaguars, toucans and monkeys.
    Animals

    Jaguars Toucans Monkeys


    b. Deciduous forests
     Warm summers and cold winters.
    Climat
    e
     Oak and maple trees
    Plants ( lose their leaves in fall ).

     Woodpeckers, squirrels, deer and bears.


    Animals

    Woodpecker Deer

    Squirrels Bear
    4-
    Mountain
    ecosyste
    m
     These ecosystems are found high on
    the sides of mountains.
     They are cold for most of the year.
    Plants
     Pine trees .
    Animal  Steller’s
    s jays
     Mountain
    goats.
    Mountain Ecosystem
    ( are found high on the sides of mountains)

     Cold for most of the year.


    Climat
    e
    Plants  Pine trees.

     Settler’s jay and mountain goat.


    Animals

    Steller’s jay Mountain goat


    Kinds of
    Ecosystems
    Land Water
    ecosystems ecosystems
    Water ecosystems

     Most of the
    Earth is covered
    with water

    Ex: 1-Freshwater
    Ecosystems.

    2-Salt water
    Ecosystems.
    1-Saltwater
    ecosystems

    Ex: Ocean Ecosystems ( has salt water )


    *Oceans cover much
    of Earth’s surface.

    *The blue
    represents
    Earth’s ocean
    Ocean ecosystem
     This huge underwater ecosystem is

    tiny ocean
    made by

    animals called corals


    ( Don’t look like animals
    at all ).
     Clownfish live around sea anemones
    in their habitat.
    immune
     The clown fish are

    to the anemone’s
    stings, but animals that
     Other animals live in ocean
    • Sea turtles
    like:
    whales lobsters
     Ocean has plantlike
    Not life forms such as
    e
    Kelp and
    seaweed.
    Ocean Ecosystem
    ( Has salt water )

     Covers much of the Earth’s surface.

    Plantlike  Kelp and seaweed


    forms

    Animals  Coral ( tiny ocean animals )


     Clownfish

    ( clownfish live around sea anemone in


    their habitat + they are immune to anemone’s stings,
    but animals that might eat the clownfish are not. )

     Sea turtles
     Whales
     Lobsters
    2-
    Freshwater
    ecosystems

    Lakes and Rivers and


    ponds streams Wetlands

    are water are moving Is low land that is


    covered by water at
    surrounded by water least part of the year.
    land.
     Fresh water has much
    Not
    e less salt than
    ocean water.

     Frogs, ducks and many kinds of fish live in

    fresh water (rivers, lakes, ponds, and


    streams).
     Alligators are found in freshwater
    wetlands.
    Ex. River ecosystem

    This ecosystem ( flowing water ) is made of fresh water


     Rivers carry water to the ocean.
     Land animals like deer, foxes and raccoons drink this
    fresh water ecosystem.

    River otters
    They build their shelters
    next to rivers where they
    swim and catch fish.
    Ocean Community

    Grassland
    Desert

    Ecosystem
    population
    Habitat

    Rainforest
    pond

    Environment

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