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Ecology: Ecosystems Cornell Notes Page 147 • What is Ecology? • The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment. Page 146• Divide page in half vertically. Label left side “Living Things” and right side “nonliving things.” • From the next few pictures on the following slides, make a list of living and non-living things in each. Page 146• Divide page in half vertically. Label left side “Living Things” and right side “non-living things.” • From the next few pictures on the following slides, make a list of living and non-living things in each. •NOW label the side, living things, “Biotic Factors” and non-living things “Abiotic Factors,” then go back to page 147 to continue notes. • What are Biotic Factors? (Page 147) • Living parts of an ecosystem. –Plants, animals, insects, bacteria, etc. • What are Abiotic Factors? • Nonliving parts of an ecosystem –Water, sunlight, air, rocks, temperature, etc. What is an Organism? • An individual, living thing. •Use energy, grow, reproduce, respond to environment What is a Species? • A group or “type” of organisms that are physically similar and can reproduce. Ex.) humans • All the members of What is a the same species in Population? an area. • All the different What is a populations that Community? live together in an area. What is an • All the living and nonliving things Ecosystem? that interact in an area. What is a Habitat? •The place where a species population lives and provides the things it needs. –food, water, shelter What is a Niche? •The role an organism plays in its habitat to survive. •Its job. –Ex.) Honey bee pollinating flowers