1. 14.1 Ecosystems support life.
Lesson Vocabulary: biology, environment, photosynthesis, respiration, system,
abiotic factor, biotic factor, ecology, ecosystem
Review:
1. Diagrams should have biotic-living, and abiotic- not living factors labeled.
2. Sample answer: Plants produce oxygen and food. Coral reefs provide shelter.
3. They determine the types and abundance of plant life.
4. For a day: would have little effect on the ecosystem; for a year: much of the plant life
would disappear, and the animal life that depends on it.
5. Sample answer: biotic factors: eating plants and animals, being stung by an insect,
feeding birds; abiotic factors: breathing air, drinking water, building with stone.