Entertaining Ecology Vocab Biology

Cornell Notes Topic: Details: Ecology Study of living & How does ecology affect me? non-living components of the environment & their interactions Summary: Summarize the main ideas

Ecology Study of living and non-living components of the environment & their interactions

Organism Any living thing

Community All living organisms in an area at a certain time

Ecosystem A community and its non-living environment

Population A group of organisms of the same species in the same place at the same time.

So what determines where a population lives???

Abiotic Factors Non-living (sun, air, water, & rocks)

Abiotic Factors Physical Barriers * Point Conception

Abiotic Factors Physical Barriers * Point Conception * Rocky Mountains

Abiotic Factors Physical Disturbances * Storm events i.e. El Niño / La Niña * Drought * Volcanic eruptions * Habitat destruction * Climate change

Abiotic Biotic Factors Factors Non-living (sun, air, water, & rocks) Living or once living (bacteria, animals, & plants)

Biotic Factors Competition Predation Disease

Producers/Autotrophs Make their own food by photosynthesis Sunlight + H20 + CO2------> Glucose + O2

Consumers/Heterotrophs Can’t make their own food

Consumers/Heterotrophs Can’t make their own food Herbivores: Plant-eater

Consumers/Heterotrophs Carnivore: Meat eater

Consumers/Heterotrophs Omnivore: Eats both plants & animals

Consumers/Heterotrophs Decomposer: Eats dead plants & animals

Food Chain Transfer of energy from one level to another

Ocean Food Chain

Food Web A group of interlocking food chains

Synthesize your thoughts… On the bottom of your notes, summarize what you learned today about ecology Think about your ecosystem… How do you interact with other living things on a daily basis?