Assessment criteria unit 5

• To define ecosystem, biotope, biocenosis, biosphere, ecosphere, adaptation, trophic level, biome.
• Given an ecosystem, to identify its elements: the biotic components of the biocenosis and the abiotic factors of the biotope.
• To give some examples of the relationships between the abiotic components (light, temperature and water) and the biocenosis: adaptations.
• To explain and to know the name of the relationships between the living things in the biocenosis (intraspecific, interspecific and their types).
• To explain the characteristics of the trophic levels of an ecosystem and to classify groups of living things according to their trophic level.
• To make food chains and webs.
• To distinguish between the different zones in marine ecosystems and to name some of the organisms that inhabit them.
• To explain the differences between wetlands and rivers and to name some of the organisms that inhabit these ecosystems.
• To know and to locate the climate zones in the Earth.
• To know which biomes are in each of the Earth's climate zones.
• Given a map with the location of the biomes, to identify them
• To know the main characteristics of the different biomes of our planet:climate, flora, and fauna.