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