environmental science: section 1-1 everything is connected
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Environmental Science: Section 1-1 Everything Is Connected. 1. What is one way alligators and other organisms interact?. fish use holes dug by alligators. 2. What is Ecology?. The study of interactions of living things and their environment. 3. What is the biotic part of the environment?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Environmental Science: Section 1-1
Everything Is Connected
1. What is one way alligators and other organisms interact?
• fish use holes dug by alligators
2. What is Ecology?
• The study of interactions of living things and their environment.
3. What is the biotic part of the environment?
• All the living things that live together and interact.
4. What is the abiotic part of the environment?
• Nonliving factors such as:– soil– air– water– temperature– sunlight, etc.
Biotic or Abiotic?
5. alligator
6. gar
7. temperature
8. water
9. plants
10. rocks
•Biotic
•Abiotic
Put the five levels of environmental organization in order from smallest to largest
____ 11. population
____ 12. biosphere
____ 13. individual organism
____ 14. ecosystem
____ 15. community
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16. A group of seaside sparrows competing for food, nesting space, and mates in a salt marsh is an example of the __________ level of environmental organization.
population
17. List four species in the salt marsh community.
• gull
• sparrow
• snail
• algae
• egret
• cordgrass
• heron
• jellyfish
• shrimp
• sea croaker
• turtle
18. List three ways that species in the salt marsh community use
cordgrass• eating it for food
– eating algae on it
• building nests
• hiding in it– shelter and protection
19. An ecosystem is made up of a community of organisms and the ____________ parts of the environment, such as temperature, soil, and water.
Abiotic
20. The ocean, the air, and all areas of Earth where life is are all parts of the ________ level of organization.biosphere
The End!!!