6.SCI.12.A
Investigate how organisms and populations in an ecosystem depend on and may compete for biotic factors such as food and abiotic factors such as availability of light and water, range of temperatures, or soil composition.
Grade 6 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2022
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organismspopulationsecosystembiotic factorsfoodabiotic factorslightwaterrange of temperaturessoil composition
Skills
- investigate (how organisms and populations depend on biotic and abiotic factors) #dok3
- analyze (competition for resources among organisms and populations) #dok3
- identify (biotic factors in an ecosystem, such as food) #dok1
- identify (abiotic factors in an ecosystem, such as light, water, temperature, and soil composition) #dok1
- explain (the relationship between organisms, populations, and environmental factors) #dok2
Learning Targets
- I can identify biotic factors such as food in an ecosystem. #dok1
- I can identify abiotic factors like light, water, temperature, and soil composition in an ecosystem. #dok1
- I can explain how organisms and populations depend on biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem. #dok2
- I can investigate ways organisms and populations compete for resources in an ecosystem. #dok3
- I can analyze how limited resources affect competition between organisms and populations. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Organisms and populations rely on both biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) factors in an ecosystem for survival.
- Competition for limited resources shapes the structure and interactions within ecosystems.
Essential Questions
- How do biotic and abiotic factors support life in an ecosystem?
- What happens when organisms and populations compete for the same resources?
- In what ways do organisms depend on nonliving components in their environment?
- How can changes in abiotic factors affect organisms and populations in an ecosystem?
- What strategies do populations use to survive when resources are limited?