Students will describe the roles of organisms and the flow of energy within an ecosystem.
~Identify the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in a community.
~Demonstrate the flow of energy through a food web/food chain beginning with sunlight and including producers, consumers, and decomposers.
~Predict how changes in the environment would affect a community (ecosystem) of organisms.
~Predict effects on a population if some of the plants or animals in the community are scarce or if there are too many.
~Identify the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in a community.
~Demonstrate the flow of energy through a food web/food chain beginning with sunlight and including producers, consumers, and decomposers.
~Predict how changes in the environment would affect a community (ecosystem) of organisms.
~Predict effects on a population if some of the plants or animals in the community are scarce or if there are too many.