Unit Goals The main goals of this unit are for students to: Know the living and nonliving components that make up an ecosystem Understand how energy flows through an ecosystem Gain an understanding of how various nutrients are cycled through ecosystems Understand the difference between ecosystems and biological communities Learn about the factors that shape the nature of biological communities (e.g., climate and competition among organisms) Understand how the interactions among organisms within an ecosystem affect the stability of the ecosystem Gain an awareness of 
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the difference between ecosystems and biological communities
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the stability of the ecosystem
the nature of biological communities
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