This PowerPoint was one very small part of my Ecology Interactions Unit from the website http://sciencepowerpoint.com/index.html .This unit includes a 3 part 2000+ Slide PowerPoint loaded with activities, project ideas, critical class notes (red slides), review opportunities, challenge questions with answers, 3 PowerPoint review games (125 slides each) and much more. A bundled homework package and detailed unit notes chronologically follow the PowerPoint slideshow. Areas of Focus within The Ecology Interactions Unit: Levels of Biological Organization (Ecology), Parts of the Biosphere, Habitat, Ecological Niche, Types of Competition, Competitive Exclusion Theory, Animal Interactions, Food Webs, Predator Prey Relationships, Camouflage, Population Sampling, Abundance, Relative Abundance, Diversity, Mimicry, Batesian Mimicry, Mullerian Mimicry, Symbiosis, Parasitism, Mutualism, Commensalism, Plant and Animal Interactions, Coevolution, Animal Strategies to Eat Plants, Plant Defense Mechanisms, Exotic Species, Impacts of Invasive Exotic Species. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Thank you again and best wishes. Sincerely, Ryan Murphy M.Ed www.sciencepowerpoint@gmail.com

1. • Individual: Organism with unique DNA and
cells.
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4. • RED SLIDE: These are notes that are very
important and should be recorded in your
science journal.
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5. -Please make notes legible and use indentations
when appropriate.
-Example of indent.
-Skip a line between topics
-Don’t skip pages
-Make visuals clear and well drawn. Please label.
Individual
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biome
Biosphere

6. • RED SLIDE: These are notes that are very
important and should be recorded in your
science journal.
• BLACK SLIDE: Pay attention, follow
directions, complete projects as described
and answer required questions neatly.
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8. • Levels of Biological Organization Available
Classwork Sheet.
– Follows slideshow.

9. • Levels of Biological Organization Available
Classwork Sheet.
– Follows slideshow.

10. • Levels of Biological Organization Available
Classwork Sheet.
– Follows slideshow.

11. • Activity! Setting up tables for your wedding
reception.
– Sketch the set-up of your tables at the
banquet hall on the next slide.
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13. • Activity! Where does the study of ecology fit in all the levels of
biological organization below. Place the line.
– Force Carrier Particles
– Quarks
– Sub-Atomic Particles
– Atoms
– Molecules
– Organelles
– Cells
– Tissue
– Organs
– Organ System
– Individual
– Population
– Community
– Biome
– Biosphere
– Solar System
– Galaxy
– Universe
– Cosmos

14. • Activity! Where does the study of ecology fit in all the levels of
biological organization below. Place the line.
– Force Carrier Particles
– Quarks
– Sub-Atomic Particles
– Atoms
– Molecules
– Organelles
– Cells
– Tissue
– Organs
– Organ System
– Individual
– Population
– Community
– Biome
– Biosphere
– Solar System
– Galaxy
– Universe
– Cosmos

15. • Levels of Biological Organization.
– Force Carrier Particles
– Quarks
– Sub-Atomic Particles
– Atoms
– Molecules
– Organelles
– Cells
– Tissue
– Organs
– Organ System
Physics and
Chemistry
Biology
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16. • Individual
• Population
• Community
• Biome
• Biosphere
• Solar System
• Galaxy
• Universe
• Cosmos
Astronomy
Ecology
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17. • Let’s label our wedding reception.
• Put some meatballs on each plate.
- Individual – Population - Community –- Biome - Biosphere
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18.  Individual: Organism with unique DNA and
cells.
meatballs
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19.  Individual: Organism with unique DNA and
cells.
meatballs
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20.  Individual: Organism with unique DNA and
cells.
meatballs
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DNA:

21.  Individual: Organism with unique DNA and
cells.
meatballs
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DNA: A large molecule that passes on
information.

22.  Individual: Organism with unique DNA and
cells.
meatballs
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DNA: A large molecule that passes on
information.

23.  Individual: Organism with unique DNA and
cells.
meatballs
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Cells:

24.  Individual: Organism with unique DNA and
cells.
meatballs
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Cells: Smallest unit of life. You are
made of Trillions of tiny cells.

25.  Individual: Organism with unique DNA and
cells.
meatballs
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Cells: Smallest unit of life. You are
made of Trillions of tiny cells.

26.  Individual: Organism with unique DNA and
cells.
meatballs
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27.  Population: Groups of similar individuals who
tend to mate with each other in a limited
geographic area.
plate

28.  Ecosystem: The relationships of populations
with each other and their environment.
Table
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29.  Ecosystem: The relationships of populations
with each other and their environment.
Table
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Note: This is a very broad
definition. Ecosystems are
much more complicated than
this. They can also be very
large and very small.

30.  Community: The relationships between
groups of populations.
Sections
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31.  Biome: A regional ecosystem characterized
by distinct types of vegetation and animals.
 Determined by temperature and rainfall.
Banquet
Hall
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52. Summer

53. Winter

56. Summer

57. Winter

71. Temperate
Rainforest

72. Temperate
Rainforest

75. Learn more about biomes of the world at…
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/

76.  Biosphere: The part of the earth and its
atmosphere in which living organisms
exist.
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77. Biosphere
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78. • Levels of Biological Organization Available
Classwork Sheet.
– Follows slideshow.

79. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

80. • Biosphere consists of…
– -
– -
– -
– -
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81. • Ecosphere: The surface of the earth and
all the ecosystems.
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82. • Lithosphere: Below the surface, in the
crust and mantle.
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83. • Hydrosphere: All waters not in atmosphere
and lithosphere.
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84. • Atmosphere: The area of gases that
surround the planet.
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91. Hydrosphere
interacts with
atmosphere
(Water cycle)

92. Hydrosphere
interacts with
atmosphere
(Water cycle)
The atmosphere interacts
with the ecosphere.
(Plants and animals breath
-Carbon Cycle)

93. Hydrosphere
interacts with
atmosphere
(Water cycle)
The atmosphere interacts
with the ecosphere.
(Plants and animals breath
-Carbon Cycle)
Living things change the
lithosphere, become rock,
erode the land etc.

94. Hydrosphere
interacts with
atmosphere
(Water cycle)
The atmosphere interacts
with the ecosphere.
(Plants and animals breath
-Carbon Cycle)
Living things change the
lithosphere, become rock,
erode the land etc.

95. Hydrosphere
interacts with
atmosphere
(Water cycle)
The atmosphere interacts
with the ecosphere.
(Plants and animals breath
-Carbon Cycle)
Living things change the
lithosphere, become rock,
erode the land etc.

96. Hydrosphere
interacts with
atmosphere
(Water cycle)
The atmosphere interacts
with the ecosphere.
(Plants and animals breath
-Carbon Cycle)
Living things change the
lithosphere, become rock,
erode the land etc.
The Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Ecosphere and
Lithosphere all interact within the biosphere.

97. Hydrosphere
interacts with
atmosphere
(Water cycle)
The atmosphere interacts
with the ecosphere.
(Plants and animals breath
-Carbon Cycle)
Living things change the
lithosphere, become rock,
erode the land etc.
The Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Ecosphere and
Lithosphere all interact within the biosphere.

98. Lithosphere
Lithosphere
Continental Crust
Granites
Asthenosphere
Mountains / Volcanoes
Trench

99. Lithosphere
Lithosphere
Continental Crust
Granites
Asthenosphere
Mountains / Volcanoes
Trench

100. Lithosphere
Lithosphere
Continental Crust
Granites
Asthenosphere
Mountains / Volcanoes
Trench

101. Lithosphere
Lithosphere
Continental Crust
Granites
Asthenosphere
Mountains / Volcanoes
Trench

102. Lithosphere
Lithosphere
Continental Crust
Granites
Asthenosphere
Mountains / Volcanoes
Trench

103. Lithosphere
Lithosphere
Continental Crust
Granites
Asthenosphere
Mountains / Volcanoes
Trench

104. Lithosphere
Lithosphere
Continental Crust
Granites
Asthenosphere
Mountains / Volcanoes
Trench

105. Lithosphere
Lithosphere
Continental Crust
Granites
Asthenosphere
Mountains / Volcanoes
Trench

106. Lithosphere
Lithosphere
Continental Crust
Granites
Asthenosphere
Mountains / Volcanoes
Trench

107. Lithosphere
Lithosphere
Continental Crust
Granites
Asthenosphere
Mountains / Volcanoes
Trench

108. Lithosphere
Lithosphere
Continental Crust
Granites
Asthenosphere
Mountains / Volcanoes
Trench

109. Lithosphere
Lithosphere
Continental Crust
Granites
Asthenosphere
Mountains / Volcanoes
Trench

110. Lithosphere
Lithosphere
Continental Crust
Granites
Asthenosphere
Mountains / Volcanoes
Trench

111. Lithosphere
Lithosphere
Continental Crust
Granites
Asthenosphere
Mountains / Volcanoes
Trench

112. • You can now complete this question on
your bundled homework.

113. • You can now complete this question on
your bundled homework.

115. • Levels of Biological Organization Available
Classwork Sheet.
– Follows slideshow.

116. • Activity! Making a pyramid of the levels of
biological organization.
– Choose an individual organism of your choice.
– Make a population of those organisms.
– Then community, ecosystem, and biome.
– Example on next slide.
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126. Individual

127. Individual
Population

128. Individual
Population
Community

129. Individual
Population
Community
Ecosystem

130. Individual
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biome

131. Individual
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biome
Biosphere

132. Individual
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biome
Biosphere

133. Individual
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biome
Biosphere

134. Individual
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biome
Biosphere

135. Individual
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biome
Biosphere

136. Individual
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biome
Biosphere
Includes
non-living
factors

137. Individual
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biome
Biosphere
Includes
non-living
factors
AIR

138. Individual
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biome
Biosphere

139. Individual
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biome
Biosphere

140. Individual
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biome
Biosphere
Learn more about the levels of biological organization at…
http://www.bio101.net/LBO/biological_organization.htm

141. • Video – Ecosystem Organization (Australia)
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuejxJttBqo
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142. • You can now complete this question on
your bundled homework.

143. • You can now complete this question on
your bundled homework.

145. • Guess the hidden picture beneath the
boxes.
– Raise your hand when you think you know.
You only get one guess.
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163. • Guess the hidden picture beneath the
boxes.
– Raise your hand when you think you know.
You only get one guess.
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176. • Video Link! (Optional) Ecosystems (Advanced)
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot_KmOTYfRA

177. • Video Link! Ecology: Rules for Living on
Earth. Watch first few minutes.
– Advanced and Optional
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izRvPaAWgyw

179. • “AYE” Advance Your Exploration ELA and
Literacy Opportunity Worksheet
– Visit some of the many provided links or..
– Articles can be found at (w/ membership to
NABT and NSTA)
• http://www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=
1
• http://learningcenter.nsta.org/browse_journals.aspx?j
ournal=tst
Please visit at least one of the
“learn more” educational links
provided in this unit and
complete this worksheet

180. • “AYE” Advance Your Exploration ELA and
Literacy Opportunity Worksheet
– Visit some of the many provided links or..
– Articles can be found at (w/ membership to NABT
and NSTA)
• http://www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=1
• http://learningcenter.nsta.org/browse_journals.aspx?jo
urnal=tst

181. • “AYE” Advance Your Exploration ELA and
Literacy Opportunity Worksheet
– Visit some of the many provided links or..
– Articles can be found at (w/ membership to
NABT and NSTA)
• http://www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=
1
• http://learningcenter.nsta.org/browse_journals.aspx?j
ournal=tst
Please visit at least one of the
“learn more” educational links
provided in this unit and
complete this worksheet

182. • “AYE” Advance Your Exploration ELA and
Literacy Opportunity Worksheet
– Visit some of the many provided links or..
– Articles can be found at (w/ membership to NABT
and NSTA)
• http://www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=1
• http://learningcenter.nsta.org/browse_journals.aspx?jo
urnal=tst

183. • This PowerPoint is one small part of my Ecology
Interactions Unit. This unit includes
• 3 Part 2000+ Slide PowerPoint
• 12 page bundled homework packaged that
chronologically follows PowerPoint, + modified
version and answer keys.
• 7 pages of unit notes with visuals
• 3 PowerPoint review games with answer keys.
• Rubrics, games, flash cards and much more.
• http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Ecology_Interactio
ns_Unit.html

185. Areas of Focus within The Ecology Interactions Unit:
Levels of Biological Organization (Ecology), Parts of the Biosphere,
Habitat, Ecological Niche, Types of Competition, Competitive Exclusion
Theory, Animal Interactions, Food Webs, Predator Prey Relationships,
Camouflage, Population Sampling, Abundance, Relative Abundance,
Diversity, Mimicry, Batesian Mimicry, Mullerian Mimicry, Symbiosis,
Parasitism, Mutualism, Commensalism, Plant and Animal Interactions,
Coevolution, Animal Strategies to Eat Plants, Plant Defense Mechanisms,
Exotic Species, Impacts of Invasive Exotic Species. An entire mini unit of
ecological succession is also included with homework, notes, field study
project and PowerPoint review game
Full Unit can be found at…
http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Ecology_Interactions_Unit.html

190. • Please visit the links below to learn more
about each of the units in this curriculum
– These units take me about four years to complete
with my students in grades 5-10.
Earth Science Units Extended Tour Link and Curriculum Guide
Geology Topics Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Geology_Unit.html
Astronomy Topics Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Astronomy_Unit.html
Weather and Climate Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Weather_Climate_Unit.html
Soil Science, Weathering, More http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Soil_and_Glaciers_Unit.html
Water Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Water_Molecule_Unit.html
Rivers Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/River_and_Water_Quality_Unit.html
= Easier = More Difficult = Most Difficult
5th – 7th grade 6th – 8th grade 8th – 10th grade

191. Physical Science Units Extended Tour Link and Curriculum Guide
Science Skills Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Science_Introduction_Lab_Safety_Metric_Methods.
html
Motion and Machines Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Newtons_Laws_Motion_Machines_Unit.html
Matter, Energy, Envs. Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Energy_Topics_Unit.html
Atoms and Periodic Table Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Atoms_Periodic_Table_of_Elements_Unit.html
Life Science Units Extended Tour Link and Curriculum Guide
Human Body / Health Topics
http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Human_Body_Systems_and_Health_Topics_Unit.html
DNA and Genetics Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/DNA_Genetics_Unit.html
Cell Biology Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Cellular_Biology_Unit.html
Infectious Diseases Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Infectious_Diseases_Unit.html
Taxonomy and Classification Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Taxonomy_Classification_Unit.html
Evolution / Natural Selection Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Evolution_Natural_Selection_Unit.html
Botany Topics Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Plant_Botany_Unit.html
Ecology Feeding Levels Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Ecology_Feeding_Levels_Unit.htm
Ecology Interactions Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Ecology_Interactions_Unit.html
Ecology Abiotic Factors Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Ecology_Abiotic_Factors_Unit.html

192. • Thank you for your time and interest in this
curriculum tour. Please visit the welcome / guide on
how a unit works and link to the many unit previews
to see the PowerPoint slideshows, bundled
homework, review games, unit notes, and much
more. Thank you for your interest and please feel
free to contact me with any questions you may have.
Best wishes.
• Sincerely,
• Ryan Murphy M.Ed
• ryemurf@gmail.com

193. • The entire four year curriculum can be found at...
http://sciencepowerpoint.com/ Please feel free to
contact me with any questions you may have.
Thank you for your interest in this curriculum.
Sincerely,
Ryan Murphy M.Ed
www.sciencepowerpoint@gmail.com