What is ecology PP Slides

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes an environment?

• The surroundings in which an organism lives, including living and nonliving things.

• Only the living things around an organism.

• Only the nonliving things around an organism.

• A place where only plants grow.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes what an organism is?

• Any living thing

• A type of scientist

• A nonliving thing

• A weather pattern

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Ecologists study the diversity of ___ in an environment.

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Ecologists are scientists who study ecology. They study how nutrients, energy and materials ___ through the environment.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are areas that ecologists study?

• Diversity of organisms in an environment

• How nutrients, energy and materials cycle through the environment

• How environments develop

• How weather and climate influence environments

Multiple Choice

What is a habitat?

• The surroundings in which an individual organism lives

• A group of similar organisms

• A single organism

• The nonliving parts of the environment

Multiple Select

Which of the following statements are true about ecological organization?

• Each level of organization is more complex than the previous one.

• Levels of organization help scientists study interactions between living and nonliving things.

• All organisms in a habitat belong to the same species.

• Studying levels of organization is not useful for understanding ecology.

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An ___ is a single organism that interacts with other living things and its surroundings.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes a species?

• A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring

• A single organism interacting with its surroundings

• The surroundings in which an organism lives

• A group of organisms living in the same habitat

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes a population?

• A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area

• A group of different species living together

• A collection of ecosystems with similar climate

• A community interacting with nonliving things

Multiple Select

Which of the following statements are true about a community?

• It consists of two or more different populations

• Populations in a community usually interact

• A community is made up of only one species

• Communities exist in the same area

Multiple Choice

What is the main difference between an ecosystem and a community?

• An ecosystem includes nonliving parts, while a community does not

• A community includes nonliving parts, while an ecosystem does not

• An ecosystem is made up of only one species

• A community is larger than an ecosystem

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the biosphere?

• It includes all life, land, water, and air on Earth.

• It is only the land portion of Earth.

• It is only the water portion of Earth.

• It is only the air surrounding Earth.

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Ecology is the study of the ___.

Open Ended

Explain how living organisms are connected within the biosphere and why this connection is important.