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Ecology ... The Study of Nature. How living things interact with each other and their environment. Organism - one complete living thing Habitat - place where a living thing lives. Other Ecology Terms. Individual- one organism Species - a group of individuals that can mate with one another
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Ecology... The Study of Nature How living things interact with each other and their environment.
Organism- one complete living thing • Habitat- place where a living thing lives
Other Ecology Terms • Individual- one organism • Species- a group of individuals that can mate with one another • Ex. Red-wing Blackbirds, humans, Silver Maple Trees. • Population- more than one of the same species in a certain area • Ex- 54 grass frogs or 256 walleye or 1023 paramecium • Community- all of the populations of all species in a certain area • Ex- 54 grass frogs and 256 walleye and 1023 paramecium and …
MilkweedBugs Studying organisms can happen in nature or in a lab.
Other Ecology Terms • Ecosystem- all of the living and non-living things interacting in an area • Biotic- living things • Abiotic- non-living things
Terminology Quiz One living thing? organism or individual Group of individuals that can mate with each other? Species
All the turtles in a pond is it’s? Population Non-living? Abiotic Living? Biotic
All the living things in the pond? Community All the living and all the nonliving things? Ecosystem