1. Interaction within our Ecosystems
Living Things
Interaction within our Ecosystems
Unit 5

2. Ecology
The study of relationships between living things and between living things and their environment.
Kookabura

3. We talked about things that we consider… Living, Non-Living and Dead.
We even came up with our own definitions.
Living – “ things that have life:Breath, Grow, Reproduce, Consume food and Water”
Non- Living – “ things that were never alive”
Dead - “ things that once were alive ”

4. Alive -if it’s on the tree
What Am I...
Living, Non-Living or Dead?
Dead- if it’s fallen off the tree
Alive -if it’s on the tree
Non-Living
Living

5.                                                          
Meanings...

6. Alive
the state of being that distinguishes animals and plants from rocks, minerals, and other nonliving matter.

7. Non-Living
not having or showing the characteristics associated with life; lifeless.

8. Dead
lacking normal life functions; not alive.

9. Eco comes from a Greek word meaning "home"
Other "Eco-" words
Ecologist - a person who studies ecology
Ecosystem - all life is connected in a delicate
balance called an ecosystem.
- all living things do 1 of 3 thing in an ecosystem. They are producers, consumers or decomposers
Eco comes from a Greek word meaning "home"

10. Producers From the Glossary Consumers Decomposers
An organism that can produce its own food
Consumers
From the Glossary
An organism that cannot produce its own
food and must eat other organisms
Decomposers
An organism that breaks down materials
so they can be reused by the ecosystem

11. Producers From the Text ( Index) Consumers Decomposers
Organisms that contain chlorophyll and that are
able to produce their own food
From the Text ( Index)
Consumers
Organisms that rely on plants for food
Decomposers
Organisms that recycle matter

12. Ecological Niche
It is the way of life or role of an organism

13. Factors in an organism's environment
Abiotic Factors
factors that are nonliving,physical factors of the environment
Examples: amount of sunlight, the strength of the wind, the amount
of rain or snow, the presence of fresh or salt water
Biotic Factors
effects caused by other living organisms
Example: If the seals move to another area so must the bears.

14. The Organization of Life
ORGANISM
POPULATION
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COMMUNITY
ECOSYSTEM
BIOME
BIOSPHERE
Click on any of the terms to see a definition

15. ORGANISM
A single living thing

16. A group of organisms of the same species
POPULATION
A group of organisms of the
same species

17. All the populations of organisms in an ecosystem
COMMUNITY
All the populations of organisms in
an ecosystem

18. An ecosystem of living things that interact with each other

19. A collection of related ecosystems
BIOME
A collection of related ecosystems

20. All the biomes and ecosystems on Earth
BIOSPHERE
All the biomes and ecosystems
on Earth

21. Adaptations for Survival
In order for an organism to survive in its ecosystem it needs to be able to adapt to its environment.
An organism does this in two different ways:
behavioural adaptations
physical adaptations
What adaptations does this orangutan have?

22. orangutan adaptations
behavioural adaptations:
living among the trees, protecting young,mating behaviours
other examples :migration of birds, mating behaviours,
spawning of fish,hibernation,nocturnal hunting
physical adaptations:
opposable digits, long arms, hair, strong muscles
other examples:wings on birds and insects,
webbed feet on water birds,fins on fish

23. Animal Defense
Click on the above link to view a
Powerpoint presentation
to learn more about animal defense.

24. The End