Ecology Exam Review
Get in a seat, and get out your HW
• While I check HW define the following
words…
– Edge
– Community
– Population
– Census
– Biome
– Habitat (4 components)
Define Ecology
Define Ecology
• study of living things and the interactions
that take place among organisms and their
environment
Describe each of the following
terms:
• Biotic
• Abiotic
• Organic
• Inorganic
Describe each of the following
terms:
• Biotic – living
• Abiotic – non-living
• Organic – related to something living
• Inorganic – never living
Describe a biome
• Biome
Describe each of the following
terms:
• Biome - large geographic areas with similar
climates and ecosystems
List the land biomes
• Includes:
– TUNDRA
– TAIGA or CONIFEROUS FOREST
– DESERT
– TROPICAL RAINFOREST
– TEMPERATE RAINFOREST
– DECIDUOUS FOREST
– DESERT
– GRASSLAND
Describe each of the following
terms:
• Organism
• Species
• Population
• Community
Describe each of the following
terms:
• Organism – one of any living thing
• Species – similar organisms that can
reproduce
• Population - all the organisms that belong
to the same species in an area
• Community - all the populations of
different species that interact in an
ecosystem
Describe each of the following
terms:
• Ecosystem
• Habitat
• Niche
Describe each of the following
terms:
• Ecosystem - all the living organisms that
live in an area and the nonliving features
of their environment
• Habitat - place where an organism lives
• Niche – an organism’s role in an
ecosystem; how it gets food, lives
Describe each of the following
terms:
• Limiting factor
• Carrying capacity
Describe each of the following
terms:
• Limiting factor - anything that can restrict
the size of a population
• Carrying capacity - largest number of
individuals of a particular species that an
ecosystem can support over time
Describe each of the following
terms:
• Predator
• Prey
Describe each of the following
terms:
• Predator – an animal that hunts and
kills other animals for food
• Prey – an animal that is hunted and
caught for food
Layers of the forest