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Ecological Organization. What is ecology?. The scientific study of interactions between organisms and their environments, focusing on energy transfer It is a science of relationships. What do you mean by environment?. The environment is made up of two factors: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Ecological Organization
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What is ecology?• The scientific study of interactions between organisms and their environments, focusing on energy transfer
• It is a science of relationships.
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What do you mean by environment?
The environment is made up of two factors:
Biotic factors- all living organisms inhabiting the Earth
Abiotic factors- nonliving parts of the environment (i.e. temperature, soil, light, moisture, air currents)
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Organism
Population
Community
Biosphere
Ecosystem
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Organism- any unicellular or multicellular form exhibiting all of the characteristics of life, an individual.•The lowest level of organization
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Population-a group of organisms of one species living in the same place at the same time that interbreed and compete with each other for resources (ex. food, mates, shelter)
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Community- several interacting populations that inhabit a common environment and are interdependent.
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Ecosystem- populations in a community and the abiotic factors with which they interact (ex. marine, terrestrial)
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Biosphere- life supporting portions of Earth composed of air, land, fresh water, and salt water.•The highest level of organization
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“The ecological niche of an organism depends not only on where it lives but also on what it does. By analogy, it may be said that the habitat is the organism's ‘address’, and the niche is its ‘profession’, biologically speaking.”
Odum - Fundamentals of Ecology
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Habitat vs. NicheNiche - the role a species plays in a community (job)
Habitat- the place in which an organism lives out its life (address)
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Habitat vs. NicheA niche is determined by the tolerance limitations of an organism, or a limiting factor.
Limiting factor- any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the existence of organisms in a specific environment.
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Examples of limiting factors-
•Amount of water•Amount of food•Temperature
Habitat vs. Niche
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Feeding Relationships• There are 3 main types of
feeding relationships1. Producer- Consumer
2. Predator- Prey3. Parasite- Host
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Feeding RelationshipsProducer- all
autotrophs (plants), they trap energy from the sun
• Bottom of the food chain
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Feeding RelationshipsConsumer- all heterotrophs:
they ingest food containing the sun’s energy
• Herbivores• Carnivores• Omnivores
• Decomposers
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Feeding RelationshipsConsumer-
Herbivores–Eat plants
• Primary consumers
• Prey animals
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Feeding RelationshipsConsumer-Carnivores-eat
meat• Predators
–Hunt prey animals for food.
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Feeding RelationshipsConsumer- Carnivores- eat
meat• Scavengers
–Feed on carrion, dead animals
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Feeding Relationships
Consumer- Omnivores -eat both plants and animals
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Feeding Relationships
Consumer- Decomposers
• Breakdown the complex compounds of dead and decaying plants and animals into simpler molecules that can be absorbed
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Symbiotic RelationshipsSymbiosis- two species living
together3 Types of symbiosis:1. Commensalism2. Parasitism3. Mutualism
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Symbiotic RelationshipsCommensalism-
one species benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped
Ex. orchids on a treeEpiphytes: A plant, such as a tropical orchid or a bromeliad, that grows on another plant upon which it depends for mechanical support but not for nutrients. Also called aerophyte, air plant.
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Symbiotic RelationshipsParasitism- one species benefits (parasite)
and the other is harmed (host)
• Parasite-Host relationship
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Symbiotic RelationshipsParasitism- parasite-hostEx.leeches, fleas,ticks,tapeworm
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Symbiotic RelationshipsMutualism-
beneficial to both species
Ex. lichens
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Type of relationship
Species harmed
Species benefits
Species neutral
CommensalismParasitism
Mutualism
= 1 species
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Trophic Levels
• Each link in a food chain is known as a trophic level.
• Trophic levels represent a feeding step in the transfer of energy and matter in an ecosystem.
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Trophic LevelsBiomass- the amount of organic
matter comprising a group of organisms in a habitat.
• As you move up a food chain, both available energy and biomass decrease.
• Energy is transferred upwards but is diminished with each transfer.
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Trophic Levels
Producers- Autotrophs
Primary consumers- Herbivores
Secondary consumers-small
carnivores
Tertiary consumers-
top carnivores
ENERGY
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Trophic LevelsFood chain- simple model
that shows how matter and energy move through an ecosystem
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Trophic Levels
Food web- shows all possible feeding relationships in a community at each trophic level
• Represents a network of interconnected food chains
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Food chain Food web(just 1 path of energy) (all possible energy
paths)
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Nutrient Cycles
Cycling maintains homeostasis (balance) in the environment.
•3 cycles to investigate:1. Water cycle2. Carbon cycle3. Nitrogen cycle
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Water cycle-
•Evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation
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Water cycle-
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Carbon cycle-
•Photosynthesis and respiration cycle carbon and
oxygen through the environment.
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Carbon cycle-
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Nitrogen cycle- Atmospheric nitrogen (N2) makes up nearly 78%-80% of air. Organisms can not use it in that form.Lightning and bacteria convert nitrogen into useable forms.
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Nitrogen cycle- Only certain bacteria and industrial technologies can fix nitrogen.Nitrogen fixation-convert atmospheric nitrogen (N2) into ammonium (NH4
+) which can be used to make organic compounds like amino acids.
N2 NH4+
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Nitrogen cycle-Nitrogen-fixing bacteria:Some live in a symbiotic relationship with plants of the legume family (e.g., soybeans, clover, peanuts).
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Atmospheric nitrogenLightning
Nitrogen fixing
bacteria
Ammonium Nitrification by bacteria
Nitrites Nitrates
Denitrification by bacteria
Plants
Animals
Decomposers
Nitrogen Cycle