1. Ecology Concepts Hierarchy
Word bank:
Ecosystem
Species
Niche
Population
Biome
Community
Biosphere
Habitat
Ecology Concepts Hierarchy
Use the images, text, and word bank to name each of the levels of the hierarchy. Use one word per slide.

2. The zone of life on Earth
Where abiotic (non-living) and biotic (living) factors are interdependent

3. Globally distributed areas of similar climate, geography, organisms

4. Subset within (and sometimes outside of) the global zone
The functional unit of ecology

5. All the life (biota) of the ecosystem

6. A group of al the same organism type, living together

7. Successfully interbreed, producing viable, fertile offspring
Lynx rufus

8. Where that organism lives; its ‘home’

9. The specific set of requirements and the role each organism type plays
Territory square miles for males
Several dens
Females never
share territory
Mainly hunt
rabbits and hares