Ecology Ecosystems Cornell Notes Page 147 What is

Ecology: Ecosystems Cornell Notes Page 147

• What is Ecology? • The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment.

Page 146 • Divide page in half vertically. Label left • side “Living Things” and right side “nonliving things. ” From the next few pictures on the following slides, make a list of living and non-living things in each.

Page 146 • Divide page in half vertically. Label left side • “Living Things” and right side “non-living things. ” From the next few pictures on the following slides, make a list of living and non-living things in each. • NOW label the side, living things, “Biotic Factors” and non-living things “Abiotic Factors, ” then go back to page 147 to continue notes.

• What are Biotic Factors? (Page 147) • Living parts of an ecosystem. –Plants, animals, insects, bacteria, etc.

• What are Abiotic Factors? • Nonliving parts of an ecosystem –Water, sunlight, air, rocks, temperature, etc.

What is an Organism? • An individual, living thing. • Use energy, grow, reproduce, respond to environment

What is a Species? • A group or “type” of organisms that are physically similar and can reproduce. Ex. ) humans

• All the members of What is a the same species in Population? an area.

• All the different What is a populations that Community? live together in an area.

What is an • All the living and nonliving things Ecosystem? that interact in an area.

What is a Habitat? • The place where a species population lives and provides the things it needs. – food, water, shelter

What is a Niche? • The role an organism plays in its habitat to survive. • Its job. – Ex. ) Honey bee pollinating flowers