1) Ecologists Study Relationships and Biotic and Abiotic Factors

What is ecology?

the study of relationships/the interactions among living things, and between living things and their environment

What is the study of relationships/the interaction among living things, and between living things and their environment

ecology

What does every ecosystem include?

both living and nonliving factors

What includes both living and nonliving factors?

every ecosystem

What do ecologists study?

environments at different levels of organization

Who studies environments at different levels of organization?

ecologists

What are biotic factors?

living things

Living things are what?

biotic factors

What are abiotic factors?

nonliving things

What are nonliving things

abiotic factors

What are examples of biotic factors?

plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria

plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria are examples of what?

biotic factors

What are examples of abiotic factors?

moisture, temperature, wind, sunlight, and soil

moisture, temperature, wind, sunlight, and soil are examples of what?

abiotic factors

What are the ecological levels of organization?

atoms, molecule, cell, tissue, organ, body system, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

atoms, molecule, cell, tissue organ, body system, organism, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere are what?

the ecological levels of organization

what is an organism?

an individual living thing, such as an alligator

What is an individual living thing, such as an alligator?

an organism

What is a population?

a group of the same species that lives in one area

What is a group of the same species that lives in one area?

a population

What is a community?

a group of different species that live together in one area

What is a group of different species that live together in one area?

a community

What is an ecosystem?

all of the organisms as well as the climate, soil, water, rocks and other nonliving things in a given area

What includes all of the organisms as well as the climate, soil, water, rocks and other nonliving things in a given area?

an ecosystem

What is a biome?

a major regional or global community of organisms characterized by the climate conditions and plant communities that thrive there

What is a major regional or global community of organisms characterized by the climate conditions and plant communities that thrive there?

a biome

What is biodiversity?

the assortment, or variety, of living things in an ecosystem

What is the assortment, or variety, of living things in an ecosystem?

biodiversity

Rain forests _.

have more biodiversity than other locations in the world, but are threatened by human activities

What has more biodiversity than other locations in the world, but are threatened by human activities?

rain forests

What is a keystone species?

a species that has an unusual large effect on its ecosystem

What is a species that has an unusual large effect on its ecosystem?

a keystone species

What do keystone species form and maintain?

a complex web of life

What forms and maintains a complex web of life?

a keystone species

What does life in an ecosystem require?

a source of energy

What requires a source of energy?

life in an ecosystem