Introduction to Ecology

Ecology is the study of how organisms interact with one another and with environments.

• True
• False 

Organisms include________,___________ and____________. 

• soda, candy, popcorn
• plants, animals, bacteria
• baseball, football, soccer

Biotic means ____________. 

• Nonliving
• Living

Abiotic means____________.

• Nonliving
• Living

Population is____________________.

• Same species living in the same place.
• Different species living in different places. 

Can species mate to produce fertile offspring?

• No
• Yes

What is a community?

• A group of the same species
• Cotton candy
• all of the populations of different species that live in an area.

An ecosystem contains living and nonliving things.

• True
• False

A niche is the role or job the population has in the ecosystem. 

• True
• False

What is the place where an organism usually lives?

• The school
• My backyard
• Habitat
• Disneyland