Living Things and the Environment Ecology Notes

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Living Things and the EnvironmentEcology Notes
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Directions

• Get a piece of loose leaf paper.
• Put a heading on it.
• The title is Ecology Notes.
• Whenever you see this symbol
  
  you should write down the
  information next to it.
• Take the quiz at the end of the slide show.
  Write the question numbers and answers in your
  notes.
• Dont move to the next slide until you see this.
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• What is an ecosystem?
• Ecosystem
• All the living things and nonliving
  things that interact in a
  particular area.
• Types of ecosystems deep oceans, dense forests,
  mountain streams, and prairies
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• What is a habitat?
• Habitat
• The place where an organism lives and gets the
  things it needs for survival.

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• What are biotic factors?
• Biotic Factors
• The living parts of an ecosystem.

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• What are abiotic factors?
• Abiotic Factors
• The nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
• Examples water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature,
  and soil

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• What is photosynthesis?
• Photosynthesis
• Organisms use water, along with sunlight and
  carbon dioxide, to make food through this process.

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• What is a species?
• Species
• A group of organisms that are physically similar
  and can reproduce with each other to produce
  fertile offspring.

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• What is a population?
• Population
• All the members of one species in a particular
  area.

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• What is a community?
• Community
• All the different populations that live together.

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• Levels of Organization

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

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• What is an ecologist?
• Ecologist
• Scientist who studies ecology - looks at how all
  the biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem
  relate to each other.

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Quiz Directions

• Just like we do when playing the Animal Race
  Game, you must write the question and your answer
  for the quiz.
• You may paraphrase.
• Check your answers at the end.

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Ecology Quiz
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• Which of these is an example of a biotic factor?

A. water
B. zebras
C. temperature
D. soil
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• 2. Which of these is an example of an abiotic
  factor?

A. sunlight
B. rabbit
D. worms
C. tree
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• 3. Which best describes photosynthesis?
• A. It is the process humans use to take in
  oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.
• B. It is the process used to develop camera film
  with dark rooms and special chemicals.
• C. It is the process in which plants use water,
  along with sunlight and carbon dioxide, to make
  food.
• D. It is the process ecologists use when they
  study plant and animal interactions.

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• 4. A(n) _____________________ is defined as all
  the members of one species in a particular area.
• Choose from the words below
• ecosystem
• community
• ecologist
• population

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• 5. Which one of these is an example of a single
  species?

B. a group of Pleione flowers
A. water
D. a group of different animals
C. sunlight
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• 6. Which of the following is NOT an example of
  an ecosystem?

A. a mother and a baby
B. the Rainforest
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C. the Arctic
D. the Desert
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• 7. What does an ecologist study?
• A. Ecoli bacteria and outbreaks around the world
• B. color use on the internet and the world wide
  web
• C. rocks, meteorites, and extinct volcanoes
• D. ecology - how living things interact with
  each other and with their environment

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• 8. Which of the following best represents a
  community in science?

A. different populations of fish and plants on a
coral reef
B. a firefighter, fire, and water
C. a single pink rose
D. chocolate and peanut butter together
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• 9. Which of these is NOT considered a habitat?

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B. the entire planet Earth
A. an aquarium for fish
C. a swale full of rainwater
with tadpoles
D. a bee hive
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• 10. Put these in size order from smallest to
  largest. (Just write the words)

Biosphere
Communities
Ecosystems
Populations
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Organisms
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Check Your Answers

• The following slides contain answers to the quiz.
• Check all of your answers.
• Correct any answers that you got wrong.
• Remember, having wrong answers in your notes is
  just a reminder that you made a mistake. It will
  not help you in preparing for tests.

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Quiz Answers

• Which of these is an example of a biotic factor?
• B. zebras
• 2. Which of these is an example of an abiotic
  factor? A. sunlight
• 3. Which best describes photosynthesis?
• C. It is the process in which
• plants use water, along
• with sunlight and carbon
• dioxide, to make food.

Biotic factors are living parts of the environment
Abiotic factors are the non-living parts of the
environment
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More Quiz Answers

• 4. A(n) population is defined as all the members
  of one species in a particular area.
• 5. Which one of these is an
• example of a species?
• B. a group of Pleione flowers
• 6. Which of the following is NOT
• an example of an ecosystem?
• A. a mother and a baby

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Even More Quiz Answers

• 7. What does an ecologist study?
• D. ecology - how living things
• interact with each other and
• with their environment
• 8. Which of the following best
• represents a community in science?
• A. different populations of fish
• and plants on a coral reef
• 9. Which of these is NOT considered a habitat?
• B. the entire planet Earth

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FINALLY!! The Last Answer
Largest
Biosphere
10. Put these in size order from smallest to
largest. (Just write the words)
Ecosystems
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Communities
Populations
Smallest
Organisms
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Now, put these notes in your science binder. Be
sure to add Ecology Notes to your table of
contents.
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The End!!!
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