Ecosystems

Trophic Levels

Primary Producers

Trees

Photosynthesis

Process by which solar energy is turned into stored chemical energy.

Deforestation

the action of clearing a wide area of trees.

Destruction of habitat

Primary Consumers

Rabbits

Biotic Factor

Any living component that affects the population of another organism, or the environment.

Abiotic Factor

A nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it.

Usually herbivores

Human Impacts on Ecosystems

What affect does human impact have on our ecosystems?

Overfishing

Overhunting

Destruction of ecosystem

Conservation efforts

The act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation: conservation of wildlife.

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.