1. Ecology: Ecosystems
Cornell Notes Page 147

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

3. 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.

9. 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.

10. What are Biotic Factors? Living parts of an ecosystem.
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Living parts of an ecosystem.
Plants, animals, insects, bacteria, etc.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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