1. Homework: Enjoy the weekend Turn in: Homework Packet 1
9/1/16
Daily Motivation: “Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm”- Unknown
Curious Question: Explain why a graph is important when presenting scientific data.
Homework: Enjoy the weekend
Turn in: Homework Packet 1
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2. Living vs. Nonliving
Make 2 columns in your notes: Living and Non-living
As the video plays, write down as many items in each column as you can

3. Can non-living things affect living things?

4. Abiotic and Biotic Factors
Biotic Factor- A living thing in an ecosystem
Abiotic Factor- A non-living thing in an ecosystem

5. Examples of Biotic and Abiotic Factors

6. What is Ecology??
The study of interactions that take place between organisms and their environment.
It explains how living organisms affect each other and the world they live in.

7. Biological Levels of Organization
Atom
Molecule
Organelle
Cell
Tissue
Organ
System

8. Ecological Levels of Organization
Scientists have organized the field of ecology into different levels

9. 1st Level of Organization
Organism: An individual living thing

10. 2nd Level of Organization
Population: A group of organisms, all of the same species.

11. 3rd Level of Organization
Community: All the populations of different species that live in the same place at the same time.

12. 4th Level of Organization
Ecosystem: Populations that interact with each other in a given area with the abiotic components of that area.

13. 5th Level of Organization
Biosphere: The portion of Earth that supports life.

14. Homework: Enjoy the weekend Turn in: Homework Packet 1
9/1/16
Daily Motivation: “Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm”- Unknown
Curious Question: Explain why a graph is important when presenting scientific data.
Homework: Enjoy the weekend
Turn in: Homework Packet 1
Exit Ticket: Describe an example of an organism adapting to changing abiotic factors.