Intro Ecology

What is NOT a part of the study of ecology?

• Ecosystems

• Introduced species

• Forces

• Adaptations

The word ecology comes from ...

• Latin

• Greek

• English

• Italian

Logos means...

• the logo

• logic

• the love of

• the study of

Ecology is...

• the study of interactions between organisms and their environment

• the study of interactions between plants and their environment

• the study of interactions between animals and their environment

• the study of the environment

The biosphere is ...

• the place on Earth where water is

• the places on Earth where gases, dirt and water is

• the places in the Universe where life exists

• the places on Earth where life exists

A biome is an area that has within it similar

• climate

• environment

• climate and environment

• climate or environment

An ecosystem includes:

• all the living things in that area

• all the abiotic (non-living) factors in the area

• populations in a community and the abiotic (non-living) factors with which they interact

• one of the populations in an area

In ecology, a community refers to...

• All the plants that live in an environment

• All the animals that live in an environment

• All the organisms of one species in an environment

• All the populations that live in a common environment and are depend on each other

In ecology, a population refers to...

• a group of organisms which interbreed

• a group of organisms of one species living in the same place at the same time and which interbreed

• all the organisms living in the same place at the same time

• a group of animals which interbreed

The term organism refers to...

• any unicellular or multicellular form exhibiting all of the characteristics of life

• any unicellular form exhibiting all of the characteristics of life

• any multicellular form exhibiting all of the characteristics of life, an individual.

• any unicellular or multicellular form