Ecosystems Unit 5

Slide 2:
What is an Ecosystem?
An ecosystem is a community of l………. organisms interacting with each other and their n…………..
environment.

Slide 3:
What Makes up an environment?
All living things (p…..., a…….., and b………….)

Nonliving things (s…,s…….., and r………)

Slide 4:
Where can we find ecosystems? i… p…….

Slide 5:
Las Vegas is my home and has many d……….. kinds of parks that ……... its ecosystem.

Slide 6:
Most parks in Las Vegas have classic park features like grass (césped) for activities and trees for shade.

There are also areas with d…….. ………... (panorama) with more ……. plants and cacti. Most parks
do not have ponds (estanque) or any water.

At these parks you will find a ……… variety of birds (pájaro) and small m………. (mamífero) like
squirrels (ardilla) and rabbits. Lizards (lagarto) can also be found w…………. up in the sun.

Slide 7:
What animals do you see?
1.
2.

Slide 8:
A few parks, like a large park in the center of the city called S……….. Park, offer much more b…........

At Sunset Park there is a m…....-........... pond with ducks (pato), geese (ganso), fish, and turtles.

There is also a r……….. natural dune (duna de arena) area that shows what Las Vegas was once like
before it was a large city.

Slide 10:
In the large d…….... (duna) area you can find a number of i…………. birds like q…….. (codorniz),
h……………. (colibrí), and r……………. (correcaminos).

Slide 11:
You can also find a number of small animals like s……... (musaraña) or m……. (musaraña ), c……..
(ardilla rayada), rabbits, lizards, toads, scorpions, and snakes.
Slide 12:
If you are lucky enough you may even see a c…….. wandering around a park or in a w…...... A wish is
an area for floods, but most have been r………... by nature and, thanks to more water than the rest of
the d…….t, is often home to an a………... of plant and animal life.

Key Vocabulary for unit 5:

English Spanish
Community Comunidad

Population Población

Habitat Hábitat

Food Chain Alimenticia

Adaptation Adaptación

Migration Emigración

Hibernation Hibernación

Organism Organismo

Predator Depredador

Prey Presa

Omnivore Omnívoro

Carnivore Carnívoro

Herbivore Herbívoro

Decomposer Descomponedo
r

Consumer Consumidor

Producer Productor
 Ecosystem Ecosistema

Environment Ambiente

Living things Seres vivos

Plants Plantas

Animals Animales

Bacteria Bacteria

Non-living things Inanimado/a

Sun Sol

Soil Tierra/ barro

Rocks Roca

Task: Imagine that your town asked you to design a recreational park for the community.
1. Design you own park. What will you include in your park’s ecosystem?
2. You need to have at least 5 different places for activities (ex: baseball field, playground, walking
trail, etc.). Make sure that you also include trees, plants, animals (predators/prey), people, and anything
living and nonliving that you can find in your park.

3. You need to use at least 3 different shapes for this activity (ex: square, circle,
triangle).
4. The park needs to be in color. *Black and White will not be accepted.
5. Label each piece of your drawing inside your park. Remember, to name your park and the main
attractions in your park.
(ex: Miss Drinkwine's Park, Happy playground, Blue lagoon pond)
6.The labels are included to help you talk about your park.
You will be expected to do a 30 second presentation explaining where your park is and what there is to
do in the park.

In class presentation Rubric:

At least 5 activities /22
Neatness/color /10
Names of locations /22
Labeling of park facilities /22
30 second presentation /24
Total /100