PPT-Interactions Among Living Organisms

Page 539549 Chapter 18 Section 2 amp 3 Identify the characteristics that describe populations Examine the different types of relationships that occur among populations in a community Determine. 7. . ECOSYSTEMS AND NUTRIENT CYCLING. ENGINEERING EARTH. A desert experiment gone awry. ENGINEERING EARTH. A desert experiment gone awry. 7. At the end of . this chapter you . will know:. Environmental factors that affect the makeup and distribution of biomes. Secondary 1. Origin of the word…”ecology”. Greek origin. OIKOS = household. LOGOS = study of…. Study of the “house/environment” in which we live.. The study of living organisms in their natural environment. ORGANIZATION IN THE BIOSPHERE. WHAT DOES BIOLOGY MEAN?. THE STUDY OF LIVING THINGS. WE’VE LOOKED AT THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIVING THINGS…. BUT WHERE DO WE FIND ALL LIVING THINGS?. DO WE FIND THEM IN SPACE?. A place in the natural environment where living and non-living items function in the same habitat.. What is the primary ecosystem that Tucson host?. Desert, but if we were to travel up the Santa Catalina Mountains we would be traveling into different ecosystems at different elevations.. A Super3 Informational Text Project. By: Mrs. . Cumbers’ . 1. st. Grade Class. LIVING ORGANISMS. A Dog is a Living thing.. It uses its legs for running. It bends its legs.. It needs water, air, and food.. Chapter 2. What is Life?. Characteristics of living things. _____________. _______________. ______________. ________________________. ________________. ___________. Cells. Contain Chemicals. Use Energy. Section 1.2. What are ecosystems?. Part of a biome that contains abiotic components (oxygen, water, nutrients, light and soil) that support biotic components (plants, animals and micro-organisms.. Can be small (a rotting log) or large (Forest or grasslands). Intro to Biology. EQ: What . are the . c. haracteristics . of . l. iving . t. hings?. What makes something living DIFFERENT from something non-living. ? . Think and discuss . There are actually 8 characteristics that will tell you if something is alive.. What is an ecosystem?. Each ecosystem can be divided into a:. community. . – the living part, . (all . the different organisms living in that particular . habitat). habitat. . – the non-living part, . Ecology. : the relationships between living things and their environment. .. Terms to Know:. Biotic. – all living organisms. Abiotic. . – all non-living things (air, water, light, rocks, soil,…). THE LIVING WORLD. Life is a unique, complex organization of molecules, expressing through chemical reactions which lead to growth, development, responsiveness, adaptation & reproduction.. Life is a biochemical process.. WILF: . To know how unicellular living things are able to carry out life processes, and be able to say how they are different from animal and plant cells.. Starting point...... Can you remember what the difference between a multi-cellular organism and a unicellular organism is? Write it down as a sentence.. In order to study ecology, scientists look at how organisms are related to one another and how they are related to the environment in which they live – the ecosystem. Ecology. An ecosystem includes all . ~Roaches have been around since before dinosaurs.. ~The brain of a cockroach is inside its body. . ~. If a roach loses its head it can still live for over a week, eventually dying because it can not eat..