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Duncan Bio Ch. 3-6A
Ecology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Ecology? | The study of organisms and how they react with each other and their environment |
| What is a population? | members of the same species that live in the same place |
| what is a community? | all of the living things in a place |
| what is an ecosystem? | all of the living and non-living things in a place |
| what is a biome? | all of the ecosystems around the planet that are the same climate and have similar communities |
| what is the biosphere? | all of the part of the earth where living things can exist |
| what are the levels of organization in order from smallest to biggest? | individual organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere |
| to be considered the same species, two organisms must be able to do what? | breed together and produce fertile offspring (babies who are capable of having babies) |