Watch this Video: Generation Genius Ecosystems Read this article (or click here to have it read to you ) and then answer the questions on your journal page for DAY 1. QUESTION 1: Where can you find an ecosystem? What Is An Ecosystem? Just about everywhere you could go in nature, you would be taking a field trip to an ecosystem . There are underwater ecosystems and coastal ecosystems. There are small scale ecosystems and large ones. There are even ecosystems inside your body! An ecosystem is a group of living things and their environment. The word ecosystem is short for “ecological system.” Like any system, an ecosystem is a group of parts that work together. You can see examples of ecosystems in Figure below. The forest pictured is a big ecosystem. Besides trees, what living things do you think are part of the forest ecosystem? The dead tree stump in the same forest is a small ecosystem. It includes plants, mosses...
