Ecology: Interactions of Life 24.1

 Biosphere- part of Earth that supports life; includes the top portion of Earth’s crust, all the waters that cover the Earth’s surface, and the atmosphere that surrounds Earth  Ecosystem- consists of all the organisms living in an area and the nonliving features of their environment

 Ecology- the study of the interactions that occur among organisms and their environment  Population- made up of all the organisms in an ecosystem that belong to the same species

 Community- all the populations in an ecosystem  Habitat- the place in which an organism lives

Answers to Section 1 Assessment  1. Biosphere is part of Earth that supports life. It includes the top portion of Earth’s crust, all the waters that cover the Earth’s surface, and the atmosphere that surrounds Earth.  2. Ecology is the study of the interactions that occur among organisms and their environment.

 3. They both deal with life and where organisms live.  4. Population is organisms of a certain species and community includes all the organisms.  5. Yes it does because different organisms require different amounts of rain to survive.