Building Ecosystem Models
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Objective
I can build a model of an ecosystem using organisms and populations.
Part 1 of 3
Warm-up video
Dr. Plants · 8:48
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Part 2 of 3
Practice
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Identify three different populations of organisms that lived in the tank ecosystem shown in the video.
Describe the role of detritivores in the tank ecosystem. What did they eat, and why was their role important?
Part 3 of 3
Exit ticket
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“Describe one way the isopod population interacted with the cactus in the tank ecosystem. Describe one way the scorpion population interacted with the buffalo beetle population in the tank ecosystem. ”
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