Exploring Ecology: Interactions and Environments
Dive into the world of ecology, where organisms interact and rely on each other and their surroundings. Understand the concepts of populations, communities, ecosystems, biomes, and the biosphere. Explore the vocabulary of ecology, from individual organisms to entire biomes. Learn about food chains, niches, and energy flow in ecosystems. Discover the relationships between living and non-living components in nature.
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ECOLOGY Introduction
Ecology is about Cause and Effect Looks at the Interaction & Interdependence Of organisms to each other and to their environment. We have studied Genus and species populations
ECOLOGY ECO the Environment / nature OLOGY - study of The study of the interactions between organisms within a particular area.
Ecology vocabulary words: Individual single organism. Population group of individuals who can mate (species). Community Groups of different populations within a particular area. Ecosystem Living and non-living things within a particular area. Biome Groups of similar ecosystems living together. Biosphere THE WHOLE WORLD
Ecosystem Self-sustaining collection of organisms and their physical environment Biotic living things Abiotic non-living things
Biome Major communities that occur over wide areas on land Scientists have divided the Earth into 7-9 major biomes Climate temperature and precipitation. Climate dictates biomes.
Food Chains PRIMARY PRODUCERS In your groups define using two to three words Niche-Animal s role in the ecosystem. Types of niches: Herbivore Omnivore Carnivore Predator Prey Decomposer Scavenger Eats Producers Eats consumers and producers Eats only live animals. The hunter The hunted Break down dead and organic material Eats animals that are dead/ have been killed
FOOD CHAIN SETS: In your group Put your groups set in order Check another groups set Draw one of the food chains! THE ARROW IN A FOOD WEB SHOWS WHERE THE ENERGY GOES TO!!
Arrows on the food web show where the energy goes.
Various Relationships Mutualism Both organisms benefit Neutralism Neither organism benefits Competition & Predation One organism out runs another or takes over an area Commensalism One benefits, nothing happens to the other. Parasitism Host does not benefit, ONLY parasite does
Match the situation to one of the relationships C. A praying mantis insect eats a grasshopper. D. Ox pecker birds picks parasites off the water buffalo for food and the water buffalo have no parasites. A. B. A pack of wolves and a bear fight over a dead deer. Two male lions fight over a female lion. E. F. Spring Wood Tigers vs. Raiders G. H. A tapeworm lives in the intestines of a person, causing illness and weight loss. A butterfly drinks nectar from a flower and the flower gets pollinated. A fungus grows under a tree s bark and causes it to grow slowly. I. L. K Lichens use trees as a place to grow and be protected. The tree is not affected. J. Barnacles attach to the skin of whales where they are able to capture food. The whale is not helped or harmed. Ants milk aphids for honeydew (food) and the aphids are protected from predators by the ants. P. A clown fish lives in a sea anemone. Clown fish guard them from butterfly fish and sea anemones give them a home. Fleas suck blood from a cat. N. You have harmless eyelash mites living in your eyelash follicles M. A blue jay bird pulls an earthworm out of the ground and eats it O. A lion chases, catches, kills, then eats a zebra
