LIVING THINGS AND THE ENVIRONMENT!

A. LIVING THINGS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT

1. An ___________________ or type of living thing needs to _____________________________, water,
shelter and other things it ____________________________, grow, and reproduce from its
environment.
2. _____________________________________ that provides the things an organism needs to live is called
its _____________________________________.
B. FACTORS IN AN ENVIRONMENT
1. ____________________ – living parts of the environment.
a. Ex. ___________________ and _______________________.
2. _________________________________– nonliving parts of the environment.
a. Ex. water, _________________________, oxygen, temperature, and _________________.
3. Photosynthesis: The process of a plant making its __________________________.
C. BIOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY
1. Living organisms can be studied at different levels of complexity.
2. From least to most complex, these levels are (in an ecological context):
a. _________________________ d. _________________________
b. _________________________ e. _________________________
c. _________________________
D. POPULATIONS
1. A ___________________________ is a group of organisms that are _____________________ similar
and can ___________________________ with each other.
2. Organisms do not generally e. __________________________. A __________________________is a
group of organisms from the __________________________ occupying in the same geographical area.
E. COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS
1. A __________________________ is all the populations that live together in
__________________________.
2. An __________________________ is the community of organisms that live in a particular area and
along with their __________________________.
a. **The __________________________ and the __________________________together form an
ecosystem.
F. ECOLOGY
1. The study of how __________________________interact with __________________________and their
__________________________.