Chapter 3 Communities and Biomes Section 1 Communities.
The water cycle The Carbon Cycle The Nitrogen Cycle The Phosphorus Cycle The cycling of nutrients through the biosphere for use throughout the system.
Communities & Biomes. Communities Have you ever wondered why we don’t have polar bears in Mississippi? Why we don’t have grizzly in Mississippi? Abiotic.
Warm-up 9-22-2009 Producers Using complete sentences answer the question below in your Composition Notebook. What is the role of producers in the environment?
Unit 7c - Evolution Population Genetics. How genes affect populations is called “population genetics.” Gene Pool = all the alleles from a population.
Chapters 3-5 Communities, Population Biology, Biological Diversity & Conservation Big Idea: How much can ecosystems handle before we screw them up permanently?
Communities & Biomes
Ecology Two. Community Interactions Habitat- place where organism lives Niche- role and position a species has in its needs for food and shelter all interactions.
Ecology Communities and Biomes. Limiting Factors environmental factors that affect an organism’s ability to survive Two types Density-dependent.
Boardwork 1. What do you suppose the TFS football field looked like 100 years ago. 2. What do you suppose the TFS football field would look like 100 years.
Identify some common limiting factors.
Ch. 3: Communities and Biomes. What is Climate? Weather Day-to-day condition of the Earth’s atmosphere at a particular time and place Climate Refers.