Ecology and Levels of the Environment

The study of the interactions between animals and their environment

• Ecology

• Environment

• Symbiosis

• Community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which definition best fits the term ecosystem?

• A group or organisms of the same species that live in the same area and interact with one another.

• A group of many populations (of different species) that live and interact with one another

• A group of populations of many different species that live and interact with both one another and all of the abiotic factors in their environment.

• A set of different ecosystems that are connected by similar geographic features and share the same or similar climate.

• Anywhere on earth that life exists.

Which level of organization is depicted in this image?

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Biosphere

Which level of organization is depicted in this image?

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Labe the diagram with the following terms.

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

Biosphere

Biome

Population

Community

Biotic

Ecosystem

Abiotic

Organism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Match the following definitions and terms.

• Community

• An individual life form.

• Biosphere

• All the interacting species in an area; includes only the biotic factors and excludes the abiotic factors in an area.

• Ecosystem

• Consists of all the Earth’s biotic and abiotic factors or living and once-living things and the physical environment with which they interact; the sum of all ecosystems on Earth.

• Population

• Members of the same species that live in the same area at the same time.

• Organism

• All living things and the physical environment with which they interact in a particular area; all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area.

Match the following terms with the correct definition/description:

• Groups of populations AND the envrionment they live in

• Ecosystem

• Multiplespecies that are foundat LAke St. Clair

• Population

• A group of rabbits in the same neighborhood

• Community

• A singular individual (Such as a squirrel or bird)

• Organism

The biotic and abiotic factors that work together in an area

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Population

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What level of organization can be observed in the image?

• Species

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

Which of the following are all abiotic?

• Temperature, Light, Rain, Gravity, Heat

• Water, Fish, Insects, Lily Plants

• Dogs, Meat, Cats, Catnip

• Lion, Pride Rock, Warthog, Meerkat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3