1. Do Now: 9/20
Make a T-chart on the back of the notes paper. List as many abiotic and biotic factors as you can from this picture.

2. Distinguish between the biotic and abiotic parts of the environment.
Explain how populations and communities are related.
Describe how the abiotic parts of the environment affect ecosystems.

3. Ecosystem Definitions

4. Ecology - the study of the interactions of organisms with one another and with their environment.

5. Niche- an organism’s role or job in the ecosystem
Habitat- an environment that provides the things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce.
Niche- an organism’s role or job in the ecosystem

6. There are Two Parts of the Environment
Abiotic- the Nonliving parts of an environment
Biotic- All the Living organisms and products of organisms
(If it was once living… it is considered Biotic)

7. What are some Abiotic Factors?
Water-
Sunlight-
Air -
Temperature-
Soil-

8. We organize all Biotic elements further…
Levels of Organization

9. Organism- Any living thing
Individual- One Single Organism
Population- All of the individuals of one kind in a specified area at one time

10. Community- All the interacting populations in a specified area
Ecosystem- a system of interacting organisms and nonliving factors in a specified area

11. Biosphere- all the living things together in the world

12. What is it? Quiz yourself on Vocabulary

13. 2 Individuals or Ecosystem

15. Ecosystem

17. Organism/ Individual

19. Ecosystem

21. Population

23. Abiotic