1. Living Things and the Environment Chapter 11
Life Science
Living Things and the Environment
Chapter 11

2. What is Ecology?
Ecology is the study of the relationship between living things and their environments

3. Living Things
What do we think of when we think of living things?

4. The Abiotic Environment
The non living materials that shape the environment.

5. The Biotic Environment
All living things

6. Who works in ecology?

7. Biologists
Work in the field or in laboratories

8. Botanists
Study plants
How they react to their environment

9. Entomologists
Study insects

10. Game Commission
Keep track of species populations in the local areas

11. Attorney General Study and prosecute environmental crimes
Animal cruelty
Illegal dumping of chemicals

12. Marine Biologists Study the ocean environment
Interact with sea organisms

13. Geologists
Study the land and the structures the shape the landscape

14. It is important to be educated about ecology so everyone can work together to help conserve the environment and to appreciate our resources!