Homework: Enjoy the weekend Turn in: Homework Packet 1 9/1/16 Daily Motivation: “Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm”- Unknown Curious Question: Explain why a graph is important when presenting scientific data. Homework: Enjoy the weekend Turn in: Homework Packet 1 Exit Ticket:

Living vs. Nonliving Make 2 columns in your notes: Living and Non-living As the video plays, write down as many items in each column as you can

Can non-living things affect living things?

Abiotic and Biotic Factors Biotic Factor- A living thing in an ecosystem Abiotic Factor- A non-living thing in an ecosystem

Examples of Biotic and Abiotic Factors

What is Ecology?? The study of interactions that take place between organisms and their environment. It explains how living organisms affect each other and the world they live in.

Biological Levels of Organization Atom Molecule Organelle Cell Tissue Organ System

Ecological Levels of Organization Scientists have organized the field of ecology into different levels

1st Level of Organization Organism: An individual living thing

2nd Level of Organization Population: A group of organisms, all of the same species.

3rd Level of Organization Community: All the populations of different species that live in the same place at the same time.

4th Level of Organization Ecosystem: Populations that interact with each other in a given area with the abiotic components of that area.

5th Level of Organization Biosphere: The portion of Earth that supports life.

Homework: Enjoy the weekend Turn in: Homework Packet 1 9/1/16 Daily Motivation: “Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm”- Unknown Curious Question: Explain why a graph is important when presenting scientific data. Homework: Enjoy the weekend Turn in: Homework Packet 1 Exit Ticket: Describe an example of an organism adapting to changing abiotic factors.