ECOSYSTEM Unit STUDY GUIDE
Trimester 3 Grade 6
What are the conditions and factors that affect the quality of life in an ecosystem?
How does change in an ecosystem affect the entire system?
Explain the organization of an ecosystem.
Individual
Population
Community
Identify and explain the interdependence of abiotic and biotic factors in a community using specific examples.
Describe how abiotic factors affect the ability of plants to create their own food through the process of photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis
Food web
Food chain
Explain the flow of matter and energy in an ecosystem.
Define the interactions among organisms in a community. Include a positive and negative example.
Producer
Consumer
Decomposer
Predator
Prey
Identify the components found in various Connecticut ecosystems (pond, river, forest, ocean, valley, hills).
Tentative Unit summative assessment dates:
Performance task Summative- Week of April 28
Ecosystem Mid-term Summative- Week of May 5
Ecosystem Unit Summative- Week of June 2
