Homework Packet #1 Directions: Complete all questions and turn this into the homework bin at the start of class on Friday, October 11th. VOCABULARY TERM DEFINTION EXAMPLE The study of how living things interact with each Ecology other and their environment. All the areas of the Earth that support life, together The Earth’s life-supporting Biosphere with the organisms that live in them, are called the areas. (we only know of one biosphere. (Earth is sphere shaped!) Earth…so far.) A group of ecosystems with similar climate and Desert biome, rain forest biome, Biome organisms (like a rainforest. The ecosystems in a tundra. biome do not have to be in one area of the Earth. All the communitites in Crotona A community of organisms TOGETHER WITH its Park, together with the rocks, Ecosystem nonliving (abiotic) surroundings make up an air, temperature, sun, water, ecosystem. and other abiotic factors in the park. All the populations in Crotona All the different populations that live together in Park, like: grass, maple trees, Community an area make up a community. (There can be squirrels, pigeons, mice, ants, hundreds of populations in an area.) earthworms, bacteria, bees, etc. All members of one species in a particular area are Population All the squirrels in Crotona Park. called a population. Zebras are their own species. A group of organisms that are physically similar Horses are their own species. Species and can mate with each other and produce (Zebras and horses are similar, offspring that can also mate and reproduce. but they don’t mate.) Major groups of autotrophs: An organism that makes its own food. (AUTO = Autotroph plants, algae, phytoplankton, self, TROPH = food). some bacteria.
Homework Packet #1 Directions: Complete all questions and turn this into the homework bin at the start of class on Friday, October 11th. VOCABULARY TERM DEFINTION EXAMPLE Ecology The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment. Biosphere All the areas of the Earth that support life, together with the organisms that live in them, are called the biosphere. (Earth is sphere shaped!) The Earth’s life-supporting areas. (we only know of one Earth…so far.) Biome A group of ecosystems with similar climate and organisms (like a rainforest. The ecosystems in a biome do not have to be in one area of the Earth. Desert biome, rain forest biome, tundra. Ecosystem A community of organisms TOGETHER WITH its nonliving (abiotic) surroundings make up an ecosystem. All the communitites in Crotona Park, together with the rocks, air, temperature, sun, water, and other abiotic factors in the park. Community All the different populations that live together in an area make up a community. (There can be hundreds of populations in an area.) All the populations in Crotona Park, like: grass, maple trees, squirrels, pigeons, mice, ants, earthworms, bacteria, bees, etc. Population All members of one species in a particular area are called a population. All the squirrels in Crotona Park. Species A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce. Zebras are their own species. Horses are their own species. (Zebras and horses are similar, but they don’t mate.) Autotroph An organism that makes its own food. (AUTO = self, TROPH = food). Major groups of autotrophs: plants, algae, phytoplankton, some bacteria.
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