1. Ecological Organization

2. Ecological Organization
Ecology is the study of the interactions of organisms with one another and their physical environment.

3. Ecological Organization
Every organism has a habitat where it lives and a niche which is its role or job in the ecosystem.
(Have the students give examples of habitats and niches for different organisms.)

4. Biotic & Abiotic BIOTIC living things organisms
plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, protists
ABIOTIC
nonliving things
physical factors
temperature, soil, rainfall, etc

5. Ecological Organization
The interactions of the organisms may be studied as populations, communities, ecosystems or the entire biosphere.

6. Ecological Organization
Organism is a single living thing.

7. Ecological Organization
Population is the number of individuals of the same species in the same place at the same time.

8. Ecological Organization
Community is all of the different populations living in a given area and time.

9. Ecological Organization
Ecosystem is all of the communities (biotic) and all of the physical factors (abiotic) in an area.

10. Ecological Organization
A biome is a group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms.

11. Ecological Organization
Biosphere is all of the areas on earth where organisms live.