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Entertaining Ecology Vocab
Biology
Cornell Notes
Topic:
Details:
Ecology
Study of living &
How does ecology affect me?
non-living components
of the environment
& their interactions
Summary:
Summarize the main ideas
Ecology
Study of living and non-living
components of the environment &
their interactions
Organism
Any living thing
Community
All living
organisms in an
area at a certain
time
Ecosystem
A community and its non-living
environment
Population
A group of organisms of the same
species in the same place at the
same time.
So what determines where a
population lives???
Abiotic
Factors
Non-living
(sun, air,
water, & rocks)
Abiotic
Factors
• Physical Barriers
* Point Conception
Abiotic
Factors
• Physical Barriers
* Point Conception
* Rocky Mountains
Abiotic Factors
• Physical Disturbances
* Storm events
i.e. El Niño / La Niña
* Drought
* Volcanic eruptions
* Habitat destruction
* Climate change
Abiotic
Factors
Non-living
(sun, air,
water, & rocks)
Biotic
Factors
Living or once
living
(bacteria, animals,
& plants)
Biotic Factors
• Competition
• Predation
• Disease
Producers/Autotrophs
Make their own food by photosynthesis
• Sunlight + H20 + CO2------> Glucose + O2
Consumers/Heterotrophs
Can’t make their own food
Consumers/Heterotrophs
Can’t make their own food
• Herbivores:
Plant-eater
Consumers/Heterotrophs
• Carnivore:
Meat eater
Consumers/Heterotrophs
• Omnivore: Eats both plants & animals
Consumers/Heterotrophs
• Decomposer: Eats dead plants & animals
Food Chain
Transfer of
energy from one
level to another
Ocean Food Chain
Food Web
A group of interlocking food chains
Synthesize your thoughts…
On the bottom of your notes,
summarize what you learned today
about ecology
Think about your ecosystem…
How do you interact with other living
things on a daily basis?