Ecology and Biodiversity

What is Ecology?

• The study of all life on the planet

• The study of the mind

• The study of how living things interact with the environment around them

• The study of the physical features of Earth

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

_________ refers to the living, once was living, or parts of a living thing in the environment.

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Dead

• Community

A hamburger is abiotic because it comes from a dead cow

• True

• False

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

_______ are the events that happen in the same order over and over and over again (including seasons, phases of the moon, life, and nutrient changes).

• The learning process

• Food chains

• Life on Earth

• Cycles

What is a group of organisms of ONE species that live in an area at the same time?

• community

• population

• ecosystem

An interacting group of various species in a common location.

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• ecology

What is a group of organisms of ONE species that live in an area at the same time?

• community

• population

• ecosystem