1. Ecology Characteristics of Living Things
1.00_ECOLOGY_BIO 1 INTRO
Ecology Characteristics of Living Things
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2. Ecology

3. Ecology: “eco” means habitat or environment Greek: house
“ology”means study of.

5. WHAT IS ECOLOGY?
Ecology -The scientific study of interactions between different organisms and between organisms and their environments (surroundings), focusing on energy transfer
-Study of interactions between biotic and abiotic factors of organisms in environmental systems.
-Is a science of relationships
What do you think about when I say ecology? Recycling? Acid rain?

6. WHAT IS ECOLOGY? Ecology -These interactions
Determine both the distribution of organisms and their abundance
Where organisms are found and how many of them there are.
What do you think about when I say ecology? Recycling? Acid rain?

7. WHAT IS ECOLOGY?
Ecology -Both observational/descriptive and experimental
Observing what’s there and seeing how it changes.
Rigorous - mathematical modeling of populations and ecosystems.
Ecological time
Minute-to-minute interactions.
Compare to evolutionary time.
What do you think about when I say ecology? Recycling? Acid rain?

8. Characteristics of Living Organisms

10. Lab Exercise PPT