2.  Review Test

3.   Outside observations  Terms  Organization of living things  Experiments with ecology  Homework Note: you will be writing and answering questions on paper during this powerpoint. That paper will be turned in at the end of class. Lesson Outline

4.   With your table partner, make a list of 20 different things you see in the classroom and/or outside  From your list, circle the items that are (or have been) living  Which organisms on your list provide energy or nutrients to the others? (Explain)  If all the plants you listed died, what do you expect would happen to the other living things on the list? Outside Observations

5.   Biotic  Abiotic  Ecology: the scientific study of interactions among and between organisms and their environment Terms

6.  Biotic or Abiotic?

7.  1.List three biotic things. 2.List three abiotic things.

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9.  Term: species – a group of closely related individuals that can reproduce with one another to produce offspring 3.Describe a population. 4.Does a community have biotic or abiotic things in it? 5.Does an ecosystem have biotic or abiotic things in it? 8.Describe an ecosystem.

10.   There are three fundamental approaches to ecology  Observing  Experimenting  Modeling 9.What is the difference between an experiment and a model? 10.What is the difference between a biome and an ecosystem? Methods in Ecology

11.   Read section 3-1  Complete handout  Turn in your questions from today Homework