Download Environmental Science: Section 1

Environmental Science:
Section 1-1
Everything Is Connected
1. What is one way alligators
and other organisms interact?
• fish use holes dug by alligators
2. What is Ecology?
• The study of interactions of living
things and their environment.
3. What is the biotic part of the
environment?
• All the living things that live together
and interact.
4. What is the abiotic part of the
environment?
• Nonliving factors such as:
– soil
– air
– water
– temperature
– sunlight, etc.
Biotic or Abiotic?
5. alligator
6. gar
7. temperature
8. water
9. plants
10. rocks
•Biotic
•Abiotic
Put the five levels of
environmental organization in
order from smallest to largest
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5
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1
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4
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3
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11. population
12. biosphere
13. individual organism
14. ecosystem
15. community
16. A group of seaside sparrows
competing for food, nesting space,
and mates in a salt marsh is an
example of the __________
population level
of environmental organization.
17. List four species in the salt
marsh community.
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gull
sparrow
snail
algae
egret
cordgrass
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heron
jellyfish
shrimp
sea croaker
turtle
18. List three ways that species
in the salt marsh community use
cordgrass
• eating it for food
– eating algae on it
• building nests
• hiding in it
– shelter and protection
19. An ecosystem is made up of a
community of organisms and the
____________
parts of the environment,
Abiotic
such as temperature, soil, and water.
20. The ocean, the air, and all areas of
Earth where life is are all parts of the
________
biosphere level of organization.
The End!!!