We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF or read online on Scribd
Section 2.1 Notes Name.
Studying nature
a. The study of plants and animals is called
What is ecology?
a. Ecology is the study of interactions that take place between
and their environment.
b. Ecological research uses both and quantitative
methods.
The Biosphere
a. The biosphere is the portion of the Earth that supports F
b. Living things are affected by both the and by other living
things.
c. The non living parts of an organism's environment are the
factors.
i. Example:
d. The living organisms that inhabit an environment are called
factors.
i. Example:
Levels of Organization
a. Ecologists have organized the living world into levels- :
: , and
b. What is an organism?
c. A population is a group of organisms, of all the same ___, which____
and____in the same area at the same time.
d. A biological community is made up of populations in a
certain area at a certain time.
e. Anecosystem is made up interacting in a biological
community and the community's factors.
i. There are two types: and V. Organisms in Ecosystems
aA is the place where an organism lives out its life.
bA is the role or position a species has in its environment.
c. Symbiosis is a in which there is a close and
| permanent association between organisms of different species.
| i. : both benefit
1. example.
| ii, : one benefits and the other is neither harmed nor
benefited.
1. example
iii. : when one species benefits at the expense of
another species.
1. example.
Answer the following:
1. Distinguish between the biotic and abiotic factors in the environment.
2. Compare and contrast the characteristics of populations and communities.
Provide examples of populations in a community.
3. Clownfish are small, tropical marine fish often found swimming among the
stinging tentacles of sea anemones without being harmed. Interpret and describe
this type of relationship.