Bio Chapter 2

Define ecology

• The money systems of a country

• The study of the relationships between living organisms and their environment

• The study of life

• The study of the relationships between living organisms and other living organisms

True or False: Conservation of the environment is important to Ecology

• True

• False

• I don't know, please review this for me :)

Our Biosphere includes...

• 5 miles below the surface of the planet

• 5 miles above the surface of the planet

• The portion of the Earth that supports life

• Select this one, just because

True or False, abiotic factors are living things

• True

• False

• I don't know, please review this for me :)

The "Levels of Organization" go...

(I only gave you 5 of the 6!)

• Population - Biological Community - Biosphere - Organism - Ecosystem

• Ecosystem - Biological Community - Population - Organization - Biosphere

• Organism - Population - Biological community - Ecosystem - Biome

• Population - Biological community - Ecosystem - Biome - Biosphere

An ecosystem includes

• A biome and the biosphere

• The biological communities and all biotic factors

• All populations of an area

• The biological communities and all abiotic factors

The types of Symbiotic relationships are

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Predation

• Parasitism

True or false, competition is when two organisms live closely to each other and benefit from each other

• True

• False

• I don't know, please review this for me :)

An example of commensalism is...

• Ticks and fleas

• Lichens and trees

• Clownfish and sea anemones

• Ladybugs and praying mantis

The Green Belt is...

• A movement in Africa to plant trees coast to coast

• A movement to reduce carbon footprints caused by humans

• The band that wrote "American Idiot"

• The movement to phase out lead from gasoline