Intro to Ecology, Biomes, & Environmental Impacts

What is Ecology?

• is the scientific study of organisms.

• is the scientific study of interactions among organisms with each other and with the environment.

• is the scientific study the environment.

• is the scientific study of animals.

Level of organization: Reorder the following from smallest to largest

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

• Individual (Species)

Match the following

• A single member of a species

• ecosystem

• a group of organisms of one species that interbreed and live together within a defined area.

• Population

• large area that has a particular climate, and particular species of plants and animals that

• Communities

• a combination of the communities and the physical (non-living) environment.

• Individual

• groups of populations comprised of many species that live together in a defined area.

• Biome

Match the following

• nonliving factors (soil, pollution, natural disasters, climate)

• Abiotic Factor

• Living factors (plants and animals)

• Habitat

• is a place where a particular population lives (anthills, squirrel nests, beaver dams, etc)

• Biotics Factor

Group of populations in an area and their interactions.

• Organism

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Biosphere

Where life is found on earth.

• Community

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

A(n) __________________ includes all the living and non-living factors in an area.

• ecosystem

• population

• community

• biosphere

The non-living part of an ecosystem that impacts living things in the environment

• Ocean
• Lava Flow
• Birds
• Abiotic

The eastern U.S. is comprised of mostly which biome? It is composed of broadleaf trees, animals that migrate and hibernate during the winter months, and distinct seasons

• Desert
• Temperate grassland
• Temperate deciduous forest
• Taiga

What Biome does the following describe?:

Warm year round, wet/dry seasons, isolated acacia trees, plants specialized to withstand drought, large herds of grazing animals, giraffes, zebras, lions, Africa, South America, and North Australia

• Tundra

• Temperate deciduous forest

• Savanna / Tropical Grassland

• Desert