1. Chapter 50 Introduction to Ecology & The Biosphere

2. Ecology scientific study of interactions between organisms & their environments (biotic & abiotic factors

3. Biotic – living Animals Plants Fungi Bacteria Protists

4. Abiotic – nonliving water air soil

6. Biomes: Rainforest

7. Desert

8. Savanna

9. Chaparral

10. Temperate grasslands

11. Temperate deciduous forest

12. Taiga

13. Tundra

15. Marine biomes: intertidal zone, coral reef, benthos

16. Geothermal vents (black smoker)

17. Freshwater biomes

18. Wetland, Estuary