Download Interactions of Living Things

Bell Work: Match the animal with the correct ecosystem.
1. Tropical Rainforest
eel
3. Desert
seal
kangaroo rat
anaconda
2. Kelp Forest (Ocean)
4. Arctic Tundra
polar
bear
lobster
Interactions of Living Things
Ecology and Ecosystems
 Ecology is the study of the interactions
between organisms and their
environment, or ecosystems.
 An ecosystem is a community in which
living and nonliving things interact
(organisms and its abiotic environment).
Ecosystem
Environmentanything that affects
the organisms; the
surroundings of a
living thing.
Nonliving Things
(Abiotic Factors)- all
of the physical
factors that affect
the organisms.
Living Organisms
(Biotic Factors)- all
of the organisms
that live together
and interact with
one another.
Two parts of an Environment:
 Biotic- animals and plants
 Abiotic- water, soil, light, temperature, and
rocks.
water
soil
light
5 Levels of Environmental
Organization
 1. Organism-
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made up of an individual organism
2. Population-group of individuals of the same species
that live together in the same area.
3. Community-all populations of different species that
live in the same area.
4. Ecosystem-a community of organisms and the abiotic
environment
5. Biosphere-part of Earth where life exists.
Examples
 Oh Please Come Eat Bacon
 You need an Organism to make a Population
Cause all those people hatin’ in that
Ecosystem are in this Biosphere right here.
 Our Pizza Comes Easily Baked
 Only People Can Enter the Biosphere
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
5 Levels of Environmental
Organization Foldable
 You must include:
 A definition for each
level
 An example for each
level
 A colored picture
representing each
level
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism