Aim: How is ecology the study of the environment?
Finding Nemo Describe some of the things you saw in the clip. How do these things compare? What do you think the teacher meant when he said the cyanobacteria was a complete ecosystem?
Ecology Topics: Population Dynamics Energy Flow Food Webs (Chains) Material Cycles Chemicals Energy Production Pollution Organism Adaptations
What is the environment? It is every living & nonliving thing that surrounds an organism.
The branch of science that studies the environment Ecology2 The branch of science that studies the environment
What do you see in this fish tank environment?
Components of the Environment4 GROUP 1 Biotic Factors – living things GROUP 2 Abiotic Factors: nonliving things Soil, water, space, energy
What is ecology? Study of how biotic and abiotic factors interact in the environment Air Fish Plants Gravel Rocks
What is the smallest level of ecological organization4? Organism – an individual living thing
All the organisms of a species that live in the same area. What is a population? All the organisms of a species that live in the same area.
The place where an animal or plant lives. What is a habitat? The place where an animal or plant lives.
COMMUNITY ALL Populations that live together in THE SAME AREA
What is an ecosystem? An ecosystem consists of all the living and nonliving things that interact in a specific area.
Biome A complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant & animal species. Maintained by climatic conditions of the region
TROPICAL RAIN FOREST BIOME Characteristics: Abundant Rain Greatest diversity of life Located near the equator
BIOSPHERE The part of Earth where life exists, including land, water & atmosphere
Can you identify each level? Biosphere Ecosystem Community Population Largest Smallest Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome, Biosphere