1. Ecology ... The Study of Nature
How living things interact with each other and their environment.

2. Organism- one complete living thing
Habitat- place where a living thing lives

3. Other Ecology Terms Individual- one organism
Species- a group of individuals that can mate with one another
Ex. Red-wing Blackbirds, humans, Silver Maple Trees.
Population- more than one of the same species in a certain area
Ex- 54 grass frogs or 256 walleye or 1023 paramecium
Community- all of the populations of all species in a certain area
Ex- 54 grass frogs and 256 walleye and 1023 paramecium and …

4. Milkweed Bugs
Studying
organisms can
happen in
nature or in
a lab.

5. A Milkweed Bug eats milkweed seeds in a swamp habitat.

6. Other Ecology Terms Biotic- living things Abiotic- non-living things
Ecosystem- all of the living and non-living things interacting in an area
Biotic- living things
Abiotic- non-living
things

7. Terminology Quiz One living thing? organism or individual
Group of individuals that can mate with each other?
Species

8. All the turtles in a pond is it’s?
Population
Non-living?
Abiotic
Living?
Biotic

9. All the living things in the pond?
Community
All the living and all the nonliving things?
Ecosystem

10. Sexing Milkweed Bugs