Ecology Pre-Test

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Ecology

• Ecology is the study of the interactions between living things and their environments

• Ecology is JUST the study of the physical components of the environment

• Studying how rabbits interact with their ecosystem to gather food is an example of Ecology.

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Population

• A population includes both a group of animals and the nonliving things around them

• A population is a group of species in the same area

• A group of wildebeests that live in the same savannah is an example of a population.

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Community

• A community does not require a defined area.

• All of the Sunflowers in the state of Kansas could be considered a community.

• A community is the assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area.

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Ecosystem

• An ecosystem consists of all of the living things in a place along with their physical environment.

• Ecosystems include both living and nonliving things.

• Ecosystems only consider the nonliving parts of an environment.

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Biome

• A biome is a group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms.

• The Tundra is an example of a Biome.

• Biomes are the smallest level of organization that contains living things.

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Biosphere

• Our entire planet, with all of its organisms and physical environments, is considered the Biosphere.

• The Biosphere does not include the Arctic and Antarctica.

• The Biosphere is the most broad level of organization.

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Biotic Factor

• A mushroom is an example of a Biotic Factor.

• A biotic factor is any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact.

• The clouds are an example of a Biotic Factor.

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Abiotic Factor

• Bacteria is an example of an Abiotic Factor.

• An Abiotic Factor is any nonliving part of the environment that an organism might interact with.

• The water in a stream is an Abiotic Factor.

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Producer

• Producers often prey on other organisms to get energy.

• A daisy (flower) is an example of a producer.

• Producers are organisms that use solar or chemical energy to make their own "food"

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Consumer

• Consumers are organisms that rely on other organisms for energy and nutrients.

• Consumers can make their own energy but they choose to eat other organisms out of convenience.

• A grizzly bear is an example of a consumer.

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