Ecology
Eco- place
to live
(earth)
OlogyStudy of
-Study of
the place
organism
s live and
their
interactio
ns
Ecosystem
Eco – place to
live (earth)
SystemStructures,
cycles, and
Processes
- a place with
living and nonliving organisms
that interact
and depend on
each other.
Biosphere
The largest
ecosystem
there is: The
World
Biome
 Tundra
 Taiga
Biotic
Bio- Life
 Living things
 Anything that
breathes
 Needs water, air, and
food to survive
 Includes plants,
animals, and bacteria
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Populations:
 Group of the same
species of organisms
found in an area
Carrying Capacity:
 The number of
Abiotic
A- Not
Bio- Life
 Non-living
things
 Abiotic
factors help
biotic factors
to survive
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Abiotic factors are:
 Sun- for light
energy
 Water- basic
need
 Soil- home
for plants
organisms in a
 Desert
population that an
(Temperat
ecosystem can
e and Hot
support.
tropical)
 Temperate
Limiting Factor:
forest
Things that limit the
 Temperate
size of a population
Grasslands
 Savannah
 Water (rainfall)
 Tropical
 Food (mosquitos for
Rainforest
frogs in a stream
 Mountains
ecosystem)
 Space (land)
 Disease
Community: All the groups
(populations) found
together in an area.
 This can be large or
small.
 Everything depends
on each other.
 They make up an
ecosystem.
Niche: role an organism
plays in its ecosystem.
 Producer
 consumer
 scavenger
 Air- oxygen
and carbon
dioxide
 Temperature
-climate
 decomposer