The Environment Has Structure Science 6

What is an environment? –Everything that affects an organism What is ecology? –The study of the interactions between organisms and their environment. Biotic Factors: –living parts of the environment such as plants and animals. Abiotic Factors: –nonliving parts of the environment such as climate, soil type, and air. Life in an Environment

Biosphere Ecosystem Community Population Organism

The Environment Has Structure One Party Comes Each Birthday: Biosphere- Birthday Ecosystem- Each Community- Comes Population- Party Organism- One Biosphere Ecosystem Community Population Organism

The Environment Has Structure BiosphereEcosystemCommunityPopulationOrganism

Single organism Anything that can independently carry out life processes Example: one clownfish Organism

The Environment Has Structure BiosphereEcosystemCommunityPopulationOrganism Single organism Anything that can independently carry out life processes Example: one clownfish

Population A group of individuals of the SAME SPECIES that live together in the same area Example: all the clownfish living in the same area Population

The Environment Has Structure BiosphereEcosystemCommunityPopulationOrganism Single organism Anything that can independently carry out life processes Example: one clownfish A group of individuals of the SAME SPECIES that live together in the same area Example: all clownfish

Community All of the populations of different species that live in the same area Example: all the clownfish, turtles, other fish, sharks, manta rays, dolphins, seaweed, bacteria…

The Environment Has Structure BiosphereEcosystemCommunityPopulationOrganism Single organism Anything that can independently carry out life processes Example: A group of individuals of the SAME SPECIES that live together in the same area Example: All of the populations of different species that live in the same area Example:

Ecosystem A community of organisms combined with the nonliving (rocks, dirt) parts of the environment Example: the ocean Ecosystem

The Environment Has Structure BiosphereEcosystemCommunityPopulationOrganism Single organism Anything that can independently carry out life processes Example: A group of individuals of the SAME SPECIES that live together in the same area Example: All of the populations of different species that live in the same area Example: A community of organisms combined with the nonliving (rocks, dirt) parts of the environment Example: the ocean

Biosphere All of the ecosystems on Earth combined together Biosphere Ecosystem Community Population Organism

The Environment Has Structure BiosphereEcosystemCommunityPopulationOrganism Single organism Anything that can independently carry out life processes Example: A group of individuals of the SAME SPECIES that live together in the same area Example: All of the populations of different species that live in the same area Example: A community of organisms combined with the nonliving (rocks, dirt) parts of the environment Example: the ocean All of the ecosystems on Earth combined together

The Environment Has Structure BiosphereEcosystemCommunityPopulationOrganism _________ organism Anything that can _____________ carry out _______ processes Example: A ________ of individuals of the _________ _________ that live together in the _______ area Example: All of the ___________ of ___________ _________ that live in the same __________ Example: A ____________ of ___________ combined with the ____________ (rocks, dirt) parts of the environment Example: the ________ All of the ___________ on Earth ___________ together

The Environment Has Structure One Party Comes Each Birthday: Biosphere- Birthday Ecosystem- Each Community- Comes Population- Party Organism- One Biosphere Ecosystem Community Population Organism