Living Things and the Living Things and the EnvironmentEnvironment

Chapter 11-1 Chapter 11-1

What is Ecology?What is Ecology?

Ecology is the Ecology is the studystudy of the of the relationship between relationship between living thingsliving things and their and their environment.environment.

Everything that surrounds a living Everything that surrounds a living thing is their thing is their environment.environment.

Living things are affected by their Living things are affected by their environment. They also environment. They also have an have an effect oneffect on theirtheir environment environment

Materials that organisms get Materials that organisms get from their environment are…from their environment are…

Nutrients- used by living things Nutrients- used by living things for growth and energyfor growth and energy

More materials that organisms More materials that organisms get from their environment…get from their environment…

So…materials that organisms So…materials that organisms get are…get are…

Nutrients- used for growthNutrients- used for growth Energy- in the form of sunlightEnergy- in the form of sunlight Oxygen and Carbon DioxideOxygen and Carbon Dioxide

Interaction within the Interaction within the speciesspecies

Organisms that live in the same area Organisms that live in the same area with other organisms with other organisms interact interact with with them. They also interact with the them. They also interact with the non living part of the environment non living part of the environment called the called the AbioticAbiotic factor factor

Interaction within speciesInteraction within species

What type of interaction does What type of interaction does the wolf have with the moose?the wolf have with the moose?