Forest Ecosystem WebQuest

Introduction

Around the world, in all types of climates, and on every continent, there are all different unique ranges of ecosystems. Each has its own cycle of life, including prey, predators, producers, etc. It is essential to taking care of each and every ecosystem, as they all are essential pieces of nature on Earth.

Today, we are going to be looking deeper into the forest ecosystem, and the individual relationships within it.

Process

What are abiotic and biotic factors?

Go to http://www.diffen.com/difference/Abiotic_vs_Biotic and write down a basic definition of each.

Now that you know what abiotic and biotic factors are, it is time to find examples of each in the forest ecosystem.

Go to https://sites.google.com/site/platttempecatedecidousforest/biotic-and-abiotic and list at least 5 abiotic and biotic factors of the ecosystem.

Ecosystems are almost entirely based off of the relationships within itself. Some of these relationships are:

  • predator-prey
  • symbiotic
  • producer-consumer

First off, we are going to be taking a closer look at what a predator-prey relationship looks like.

Go to http://necsi.edu/projects/evolution/co-evolution/pred-prey/co-evolution_predator.html and read about different predator prey relationships.

Now that you know what a relationship like that looks like, we are going to be looking at the relationships within forest ecosystems.

Look at the following prezi and go to the 8th slide to find some examples of these relationships, and write down at least 6 of each. https://prezi.com/bdyfrxyez4cn/temperate-deciduous-forests/

When finished with that, create a food chain of the animals listed on the prezi, adding any animals you know already belong in the food chain. If you are not aware of any other animals that could interact with the ones listed, then just use the ones of the prezi to make your food chain.

While it may seem like the food chain is complete, there is one thing missing.

Click here to find out what it is:

Add it to your food chain and, and now it is finished.

Now that you are done with that, we are going to be looking at the symbiotic relationships.

What is symbiosis?

Click here to find out

There are multiple types of symbiosis, each having a negative, positive, and neutral effect on either organism.

Go to

http://krupp.wcc.hawaii.edu/BIOL200/powerpnt/symbcomp/tsld003.htm  to find out what they are and write down the definitions of each.

Now, it is time to look at symbiotic relationships within the forest ecosystem

Click here to find examples

Write down the examples from the site above, and now we are going to be looking for producer-consumer relationships in the forest, and an explanation of what it is.

What is a producer/consumer relationship?

Click here for the definition

Write down the definition, and now we are going to look at some producer/consumer relationships within a forest.

Click here for the examples

Write down the examples underneath your definition.

Now that we know all about producer/consumer, predator/prey, and symbiosis, we are going to overview what we learned, by looking at slides 3,15-16, and 18 on the slideshow in this link.

Conclusion

In conclusion, ecosystems around the world are reliant on many interwoven relationships, as well as the abiotic and biotic factors within it. We learned what symbiosis is, as well as its three different types, and also learned about producer/consumer relationships and predator prey relationships, all within the forest ecosystem.

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