1. Entertaining Ecology Vocab
Biology

2. 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

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

4. Organism
Any living thing

5. Community
All living organisms in an area at a certain time

6. Ecosystem
A community and its non-living environment

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

8. So what determines where a population lives???

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

10. Abiotic Factors
Physical Barriers
* Point Conception

11. Abiotic Factors
Physical Barriers
* Point Conception
* Rocky Mountains

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

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

14. Biotic Factors
Competition
Predation
Disease

15. Producers/Autotrophs
Make their own food by photosynthesis
Sunlight + H20 + CO > Glucose + O2

16. Consumers/Heterotrophs
Can’t make their own food

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

18. Consumers/Heterotrophs
Carnivore:
Meat eater

20. Consumers/Heterotrophs
Omnivore: Eats both plants & animals

21. Consumers/Heterotrophs
Decomposer: Eats dead plants & animals

22. Food Chain
Transfer of energy from one level to another

23. Ocean Food Chain

24. Food Web
A group of interlocking food chains

25. 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?