Name: ____________________________
Page # ___________
LIVING THINGS AND THE ENVIRONMENT:
Use the power point and the textbook (pages 704-710) to fill out this
handout.
1. Ecology is the study of _______________________________________.
2. Organisms are _____________________________________________.
3. How many organisms do you see in this picture? ______ Circle them.
4. What is the difference between organisms and species?
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5. Do you remember any Scientific Name? Write one down in the correct
format.
6. A Habitat is ________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________.
7. Each organism should get the following from its habitat:
* _______________________
* _______________________
* _______________________
* _______________________
Otherwise, the organism may____________________________________.
8. Organisms live in different habitats because ______________________
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9. What habitat do you live in?
Write a one-paragraph description of your habitat. Describe how you obtain
the food, water and shelter you need from your habitat. How does this
habitat meet your needs in ways that another would not?
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10. What is the difference between habitat and niche?
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11. Use the Bald Eagle to describe its habitat and its niche.
Habitat:_______________________________________________________
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Niche: _______________________________________________________
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12. Biotic VS Abiotic:
Biotic means: __________________________
Bio= ________
Abiotic means: _________________________
A= _________
Examples of biotic factors are
___________________________________________________________
Examples of abiotic factors are
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Organisms interact in their habitat with _________________ factors and
_______________ factors.
13. Choose an organism; draw its habitat with biotic and abiotic factors.
Color the biotic factors BLUE and the abiotic factors in a different color.
14. LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION:
Organisms that can breed and have fertile offspring are called a
___________________.
A population is
______________________________________________________.
Different populations of different species interacting together is called a
______________________________.
An ecosystem is
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15. Use the Prairie Dogs from page 709 to illustrate the sequence of
organization from organisms to ecosystems.
16. Use a different example to illustrate the sequence of organization from
organisms to ecosystems.