REFLECTION
CONSUMERS
List either the function of consumers or some examples of possible consumer species in a rainforest ecosystem.
DECOMPOSERS
List either the function of decomposers or some examples of possible decomposer species in a rainforest ecosystem.
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What effects could deforestation have on the organisms in each trophic level?
List either the function of producers or some examples of possible producer species in a rainforest ecosystem.
PRODUCERS
Don’t worry about total accuracy or completeness in this exercise. The point is mainly to recall any knowledge you have about the complexity of biological relationships in an ecosystem.
Directions: The film you are about to watch documents an indigenous population that lives in the Amazon rainforest. Activate your prior knowledge about this type of ecosystem by recalling the functions of the producer, consumer, and decomposer trophic levels in a rainforest’s food chain and brainstorming what types of organisms might exist at each level of this particular ecosystem. Then respond to the reflection question below to consider how deforestation might affect the balance of these trophic levels.
PARTS OF A RAINFOREST ECOSYSTEM
BEFORE VIEWING:
