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Ecology

Ecology. Branch of Science-studies living organisms, their interactions with each other and with their environments-interdependence of life. The Biosphere. A thin layer around Earth. Several Km above the Earth’s surface. several Km below the ocean’s surface. The Biosphere. Biotic Factors.

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Ecology

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  1. Ecology • Branch of Science-studies living organisms, their interactions with each other and with their environments-interdependence of life

  2. TheBiosphere • A thin layer around Earth • Several Km above the Earth’s surface • several Km below the ocean’s surface

  3. The Biosphere

  4. Biotic Factors • Living factors in an organism’s environment Abiotic Factors • Nonliving factors in an organism’s environment • Organisms adapt to survive in the abiotic factors present in their natural environment.

  5. Levels of Organization • Levels increase in complexity as the numbers and interactions between organisms increase. • organism • population • biological community • ecosystem • biome • biosphere

  6. Organisms of a single species that share the same geographic location at the same time make up a population.

  7. A biological community is a group of interacting populations that occupy the same geographic area at the same time.

  8. Organisms and Their Relationships • An ecosystem is a biological community and all of the abiotic factors that affect it. • A biome is a large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have similar types of communities.

  9. Organism that gets it energy requirements by consuming other organisms Energy in an Ecosystem • Autotrophs • Organism that collects energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to produce food • Heterotrophs A lynx is a heterotroph.

  10. Detritivores eat fragments of dead matter in an ecosystem, and return nutrients to the soil, air, and water where the nutrients can be reused by organisms. Flow of Energy in an Ecosystem Fungus

  11. Flow of Energy in an Ecosystem Models of Energy Flow • Food chains and food webs model the energy flow through an ecosystem. • Each step in a food chain or food web is called a trophic level.

  12. Food Chains • A food chain is a simple model that shows how energy flows through an ecosystem.

  13. Food Webs • A food web - the many interconnected food chains and pathways in which energy flows through a group of organisms.

  14. Ecological Pyramids • A diagram that can shows the relative amounts of energy, biomass, or numbers of organisms at each trophic level in an ecosystem

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