What is ecology PP Slides

The surroundings in which an organism lives, including living and nonliving things.

Only the living things around an organism.

Only the nonliving things around an organism.

A place where only plants grow.

Any living thing

A type of scientist

A nonliving thing

A weather pattern

Diversity of organisms in an environment

How nutrients, energy and materials cycle through the environment

How environments develop

How weather and climate influence environments

The surroundings in which an individual organism lives

A group of similar organisms

A single organism

The nonliving parts of the environment

Each level of organization is more complex than the previous one.

Levels of organization help scientists study interactions between living and nonliving things.

All organisms in a habitat belong to the same species.

Studying levels of organization is not useful for understanding ecology.

A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring

A single organism interacting with its surroundings

The surroundings in which an organism lives

A group of organisms living in the same habitat

A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area

A group of different species living together

A collection of ecosystems with similar climate

A community interacting with nonliving things

It consists of two or more different populations

Populations in a community usually interact

A community is made up of only one species

Communities exist in the same area

An ecosystem includes nonliving parts, while a community does not

A community includes nonliving parts, while an ecosystem does not

An ecosystem is made up of only one species

A community is larger than an ecosystem

It includes all life, land, water, and air on Earth.

It is only the land portion of Earth.

It is only the water portion of Earth.

It is only the air surrounding Earth.