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Principles of Ecology
Importance of Water:
 Why introduce water as something we should study?
What is Ecology?
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o Because ________ living things __________ water!
Where’s All the Water?
Ecology:
– Reveals _______________ among __________
and __________ parts of the world
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Oceans: _________
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Icecaps and Glaciers: _________
– Combines many different fields (math, geology,
chemistry, physics)
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Groundwater: _________
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Atmosphere: _________
– Observed both in the __________ and
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Freshwater: ________
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Rivers: _______
Aspects of Ecological Study
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Living Environment
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– Includes:
• ____________________:
____________ Factors:
Examples: look familiar?
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Non-Living Environment
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______________ Factors:
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Levels of Ecological Organization
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Biosphere (most diverse)
Made of interacting _______________ in a certain
area at a certain time
Ecosystem
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Community
In a community a _____________ in one
________________ may cause changes in other
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Population
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Individual (single organism)
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Is made up of interacting _________________ in a
biological _______________ and the community’s
__________________:
______________ factors
– Made of cells
2 kinds:
– Uses _________________
– ______________________
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_______________:
– Forest, desert, grassland, tundra,
mountains
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_______________:
– Pond, lake, river, deep ocean, reef,
estuary
– _______________ and adapts
– Grows and _______________________
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A group of organisms that:
– Are __________ the same ______________
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Live in the ____________ area at the
______________ time.
– Members of a population may compete with each
other for:
• Food ______________, _____________ or
other resources.
Organisms in Ecosystems
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– Examples:
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How it meets the needs for ______________
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Includes all ___________________ with the
________ and ________ parts of its habitat
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Symbiosis: “____________ ________________”
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On forest floor there is competition for food
and space:
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Centipedes –
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Ants –
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Earthworms –
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Fungi –
relationship in which there is a ____________
and ____________ association between
different ___________
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Commensalism:
– Relationship in which _______ species
_______________, while the other species is
______________ benefited nor harmed
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Living Relationships
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Some species ______________ their chance of survival by
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developing __________________ with other organisms.
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Mutualism:
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__________ species _____________ from the
relationship
Some interactions are ___________ to one species, others
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are ___________.
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Predator – Prey relationship:
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Predator: ___________ that _____________
other ____________
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Prey: ___________ that are _______________
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Parasitism:
– One species _____________ while the other is
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