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The Environment Has Structure
Science 6
• What is an environment?– Everything that affects an organism
• What is ecology?– The study of the interactions between
organisms and their environment.
• Biotic Factors: – living parts of the environment such as
plants and animals.• Abiotic Factors:
– nonliving parts of the environment such as climate, soil type, and air.
Life in an Environment
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
The Environment Has Structure
One Party Comes Each Birthday:
Biosphere- BirthdayEcosystem- EachCommunity- ComesPopulation- PartyOrganism- One
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
The Environment Has Structure
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
Organism• Single organism
• Anything that can independently carry out life processes
• Example: one clownfish
Organism
The Environment Has Structure
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
• Single organism
• Anything that can independently carry out life processes
• Example: one clownfish
Population• A group of individuals of
the SAME SPECIES that live together in the same area
• Example: all the clownfish living in the same area
Population
The Environment Has Structure
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
• Single organism
• Anything that can independently carry out life processes
• Example: one clownfish
• A group of individuals of the SAME SPECIES that live together in the same area
• Example: all clownfish
Community• All of the populations of
different species that live in the same area
• Example: all the clownfish, turtles, other fish, sharks, manta rays, dolphins, seaweed, bacteria…
The Environment Has Structure
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
• Single organism
• Anything that can independently carry out life processes
• Example:
• A group of individuals of the SAME SPECIES that live together in the same area
• Example:
• All of the populations of different species that live in the same area
• Example:
Ecosystem• A community of
organisms combined with the nonliving (rocks, dirt) parts of the environment
• Example: the ocean
Ecosystem
The Environment Has Structure
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
• Single organism
• Anything that can independently carry out life processes
• Example:
• A group of individuals of the SAME SPECIES that live together in the same area
• Example:
• All of the populations of different species that live in the same area
• Example:
• A community of organisms combined with the nonliving (rocks, dirt) parts of the environment
• Example: the ocean
Biosphere• All of the ecosystems on
Earth combined together
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
The Environment Has Structure
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
• Single organism
• Anything that can independently carry out life processes
• Example:
• A group of individuals of the SAME SPECIES that live together in the same area
• Example:
• All of the populations of different species that live in the same area
• Example:
• A community of organisms combined with the nonliving (rocks, dirt) parts of the environment
• Example: the ocean
• All of the ecosystems on Earth combined together
The Environment Has Structure
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
• _________ organism
• Anything that can _____________ carry out _______ processes
• Example:
• A ________ of individuals of the _________ _________ that live together in the _______ area
• Example:
• All of the ___________ of ___________ _________ that live in the same __________
• Example:
• A ____________ of ___________ combined with the ____________ (rocks, dirt) parts of the environment
• Example: the ________
• All of the ___________ on Earth ___________ together
The Environment Has Structure
One Party Comes Each Birthday:
Biosphere- BirthdayEcosystem- EachCommunity- ComesPopulation- PartyOrganism- One
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
