OAA Topic #5-Classification of Organisms and Interactions in Ecosystems

Name: ______Per. ____Date:______OAA Topic #5-Classification of Organisms and Interactions in Ecosystems The due date for this packets and this topic quiz is scheduled for ______.

The next OAA review is a life science topic. There are 10 Learning targets for this topic. The links and information that you will need to complete this packet can be found on SchoolPointe in the OAA folder (Topic #5-Classification/ Ecosystems) and in the textbooks provided in our classrooms. Unlike other topics, you may write your answers directly in the spaces provided under each learning target. As always, a DATA assignment will be offered for those who pass the OAA quiz with a 75% or above and have a completed packet on the day of the quiz. Good luck!

Learning Targets #1- Identify the Science that specializes in classifying organisms. Identify the broadest category for classifying organisms and the most specific category (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species). Explain and show with an example how organisms are scientifically named (Ex. Homo sapiens). http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookDivers_class.html http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/Categorizing-Mother-Nature-The- Linnaean-Taxonomic-System.id-5306.html (don’t take offense here!)

is the Science that specializes in classifying organisms.

How do you scientifically name an organism?

Give an example of a scientific name for a common organism and tell what that organism is. #2-Identify the 6 major Kingdoms. Give examples of organisms within each Kingdom. http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/table_kingdoms.htm Kingdoms Description Examples of organisms in this kingdom Animalia

Plantae

Fungi

Protista

Monera

Archaebacteria #3-Define ecosystem. Describe the different types of land Biomes. http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/ecosystems.htm http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_ecosystem.html http://www.nhptv.org/NatureWorks/nwepecosystems.htm Ecosystem: ______Biome: ______Biome Description Example of Location Tundra

Taiga (Cold Climate Forest)

Temperate Deciduous Forest Desert

Grassland

Savannah

Tropical Rainforest #4- Define abiotic and biotic resources and provide at least 3 examples of each. http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210243/Science%20Station/How%20living%20things %20interact%20with%20their%20environment/relationship%20of%20biotic%20and%20abiotic %20factors.htm http://capita.wustl.edu/ME567_Informatics/concepts/ecosys.html

Abiotic Factors: ______

Biotic Factors: ______

Abiotic Factors (examples) Biotic Factors (examples)

#5-Define ecosystem, a habitat, a population, and a community. http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/habitat/habitat.html

Ecosystem: ______Community: ______Population: ______Habitat: ______#6-Identify the different types of symbiotic relationships within an ecosystem ( Parasite/host, Mutualism, and Commensalism). Be able to give 2 different examples of each type of relationship. Explain how those organsisms interact. http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/S/Symbiosis.html (scroll to middle of page) 8888888888 Type of Relationship Example (2 each) Description of how both (define in this column) organisms interact Mutualism:

Commensalism:

Parasitism: (Identify the Parasite and the Host) #7-Define producers, consumers, decomposers, predators, or prey and give examples of each. http://www.cas.psu.edu/DOCS/WEBCOURSE/WETLAND/WET1/balnat.html#cons #8-Understand that a consumer can be a herbivore, carnivore, or omnivore. Define each term and give examples of each. http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_foodchain.html

Definitions Examples Producers:

Consumers:

 Herbivores:

 Carnivores:

 Omnivores:

Decomposers:

Predator:

Prey:

#9-Create a simple food chain. Use your food chain within a food web ( do not use the example given in the website). http://www.sciencebob.com/lab/q-web-chain.html http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/102/ecosystem.html#FoodChainsandWebs4 http://www.cas.psu.edu/DOCS/WEBCOURSE/WETLAND/WET1/make.html http://www.cas.psu.edu/DOCS/WEBCOURSE/WETLAND/WET1/identify.html

FOOD CHAIN FOOD WEB

#10-Describe competition within and ecosystem. Provide an example of two different species competing for the same resource. Be able to infer how populations within an ecosystem may change when one competing species increases in number or when resources decrease. http://saburchill.com/ans02/chapters/chap019.html

A few Practice Resources http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/orchid/clas_flash.html (A review game-Classification) http://www.quia.com/quiz/244317.html (abiotic and biotic factors)