Ecosystems unit 5

1. UNIT 5
ECOSYSTEM
IS MADE UP OF LIVING THINGS (FLORA, FAUNA AND OTHER ORGANISMS)
AND NON-LIVING THINGS (PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: SOIL, WATER,
SUNLIGHT, CLIMATE, TEMPERATURA…) WHICH WORK TOGETHER TO
MAKE A BALANCED SYSTEM
Habitat: place where living things grow and live.

2. GROUP OF ANIMALS WHICH BELONG
TO THE SAME SPECIES
Different populations interact with each other
Living and non-living
things

3. TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM
TUNDRA
-COLDEST AND DRY ECOSYSTEM
-NO TREES
-FLORA: LICHEN, MOSSES AND GRASSES
-FAUNA: CARIBOU, REINDEER, POLAR
BEARS, WOLVES…

4. TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM
GRASSLANDS
FLAT AREAS DOMINATED BY GRASSES
SAVANNAHS
IN TROPICAL AREAS
-FAUNA: ZEBRAS, ELEPHANTS, GIRAFFES,
LIONS, GAZELLES AND ANTELOPES
TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS
STEPPES (estepas) and PRAIRIES (praderas)
IN COLDER CLIMATE REGIONS
-FAUNA: BISON, WOLVES, PRAIRIE DOGS
AND COYOTES.
COYOTE

5. TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM
TROPICAL RAINFOREST
-IT ‘S IN WARM AND WET AREAS.
-FLORA: EVERGREEN TREES, ORCHIDS
AND FERNS
-FAUNA: SNAKES, MONKEYS, JAGUARS,
INSECTS AND BIRDS (PARROTS AND
TOUCANS)
AMAZON RIVER

6. TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM
FORESTS
-IT ‘S LOCATES IN COLD AREAS.
-FLORA: EVERGREEN TREES (PINES AND
FIR TREES)
-FAUNA: BROWN BEARS, DEER, FOXES
AND WEASELS (comadreja)
CONIFEROUS FORESTS TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FORESTS
-NORT OF SPAIN
-FLORA: DECIDUOUS TREES (lose their leaves
every winter): OAK (roble), BEECH (haya),
MAPLE (arce).
-FAUNA: squirrels, rodents (roedores) and
wild boar

7. TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM
FORESTS
-ALMOST ALL SPAIN. CLOSE TO MEDITERRANEAN SEA AREAS.
-FLORA: CORK OAKS (alcornoque), HOLM OAK (encina), THYME
(tomillo) and ROSEMARY (romero)
-FAUNA: EAGLES, LYNX, RODENTS, FOXES, HAWKS (halcones)…
MEDITERRANEAN FORESTS

8. TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM
DESERTS
-THEY ARE THE DRIEST AND HOTTEST PLACES ON EARTH.
-HIGH TEMPERATURE DURING THE DAY VERY LOW IN NIGHT.
-FLORA: CACTI AND SMALL BUSHES
-FAUNA: LIZARDS, SNAKES, CAMELS, SCORPIONS…

10. FIND OUT THE
ECOSYSTEMS
TUNDRA
CONIFEROUS FOREST

11. FIND OUT THE
ECOSYSTEMS
SAVANNAH
TEMPERATE
GRASSLAND (STEPPES)

12. FIND OUT THE
ECOSYSTEMS
TEMPERATE
DECIDUOUS FOREST
MEDITERRANEAN
FOREST

13. AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
MARINE (SALT WATER)
CORAL REEF: WARM SEAN NEAR THE
EQUATOR (CARIBBEAN SEA)
OPEN OCEAN: whales, sharks,
dolphins, swordfish…
SHORELINE: where the sea and
land meet.
limpets
clams
mussels
coral
anemone
sponges
clownfish

14. AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
FRESH WATER
FLOWING WATER
RIVERS AND
STREAMS
Crocodiles,
turtles, trouts,
frogs…
STANDING WATER
(WATER DOESN´T MOVE)
Lakes and ponds:
lakes are bigger than ponds
Wetlands
Soil cover by water.
In dry season this
water evaporates
Flamingo
Tadpole