1. Ecology Dictionary

2. Dictionary Directions Checklist
Vocabulary word is numbered, underlined, and defined.
You must have a clear illustration (picture) of the word drawn.
The illustration must be neat and colored (no scribble).
You must have a written explanation telling why your drawing is an example of the word. Explanation must have the word “because” in it.

3. Ecology
The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment.

4. Ecosystem- a community of interacting organisms
Ecosystem- a community of interacting organisms. (includes biotic and abiotic factors)
What are the living things in this diagram?
What are the non-living things in this diagram?
Give an example of how a living thing and non-living thing are interacting in this diagram.

5. 2.Community-
A group of all the plants and animals that live in the same area
Includes biotic factors only

6. 3.Population-
A group of plants or animals of the same species that live together in an area

7. Which picture shows a population?
HOW CAN YOU TELL?

8. What is the difference between a population and a community?
A community is all the living things in a given area that interact with each other and a population is all the living things in an area that are the same species!
Population
Community

9. What types of populations live in our area?
People
Dogs
Oak Trees
Pine Trees
Mosquitos
Fleas
Etc.

10. Can this picture be considered a population?
No, there are many different types of flowers, not just one type of flower.

11. Pick one ecosystem
Ocean
Freshwater
Rainforest
Desert
Forest

12. Make a list of at least 10 things in your ecosystem in a circle
Your list needs to have at least five living (biotic) and five non-living things (abiotic)

13. Draw a blue circle around the ecosystem

14. Draw A Red Circle Around The Community

15. Draw a Black Circle Around the Populations

16. Parts of a whole! What is the largest part?
What do you notice about the circles?

17. Time to start your dictionary!

18. Time to start your dictionary!!
I want all of us to have the same pictures for the first three words
After today you can be creative and be different than your classmates if you wish
We will all do the ocean ecosystem and use the list that we created in our circle chart