Building a Model of an ecosystem

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What are the elements of an environment?

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Write down:

Three abiotic factors

Three types of living beings

Three types of bodies of water

Three features of an environment

​Three types of symbiotic relationships 
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Map of US Aquifers

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​https://water.usgs.gov/ogw/aquifer/map.html
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An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures or unconsolidated materials. Groundwater can be extracted using a water well.
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​https://www.ntotank.com/blog/259-2

http://www.connectedwaters.unsw.edu.au/resources/fact-sheets/groundwater-facts
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TEXAS AND MEXICO SHARE 15 AQUIFERS. THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE DONE LITTLE TO UNDERSTAND THEM.

Article:

https://www.texasobserver.org/out-of-sight-out-of-water-the-u-s-and-mexico-have-only-just-begun-to-grapple-with-the-aquifers-they-share/
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Karst Aquifers are Habitats for Salamanders and Fish

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​https://www.tpr.org/post/mysterious-creatures-exploring-depths-our-karst-aquifers

​https://www.un-igrac.org/news/new-%E2%80%98world-karst-aquifer-map%E2%80%99-allow-better-global-quantification-karst-systems

https://www.americanscientist.org/article/creatures-of-the-deep-karst
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https://water.usgs.gov/ogw/karst/kigconference/abt_karstfeatures.htm
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​Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park (Philippines)

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​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Princesa_Subterranean_River_National_Park

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Cenote

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https://www.getyourguide.com/chichn-itz-l785/chichn-itz-full-day-cenote-valladolid-tour-t115450/

A cenote is a natural pit, or sinkhole, resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath. 
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SOil Profile

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2015.03186.x

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DIorama Build 

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​https://water.usgs.gov/ogw/aquifer/map.html

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We will make our own paint colors by mixing micas and Iron oxides

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​Checking sources for ethical treatment of workers is very important.

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ecology concept of the day: Reduction of Competition

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https://slideplayer.com/slide/4487326/

​https://www.birds-of-north-america.net/warblers.html

​https://www.esa.org/esablog/research/population-ecology-of-some-warblers-of-northeastern-coniferous-forests-esa100-notable-papers/