Ecology: Ecology: Interactions of LifeInteractions of Life24.124.1

Biosphere-Biosphere- part of Earth that supports part of Earth that supports life; includes the top portion of Earth’s life; includes the top portion of Earth’s crust, all the waters that cover the Earth’s crust, all the waters that cover the Earth’s surface, and the atmosphere that surface, and the atmosphere that surrounds Earthsurrounds Earth

Ecosystem-Ecosystem- consists of all the organisms consists of all the organisms living in an area and the nonliving living in an area and the nonliving features of their environmentfeatures of their environment

Ecology-Ecology- the study of the interactions that the study of the interactions that occur among organisms and their occur among organisms and their environmentenvironment

Population-Population- made up of all the organisms made up of all the organisms in an ecosystem that belong to the same in an ecosystem that belong to the same speciesspecies

Community-Community- all the populations in an all the populations in an ecosystemecosystem

Habitat-Habitat- the place in which an organism the place in which an organism liveslives

Answers to Section 1 Answers to Section 1 AssessmentAssessment

1. Biosphere is part of Earth that 1. Biosphere is part of Earth that supports life. It includes the top portion of supports life. It includes the top portion of Earth’s crust, all the waters that cover the Earth’s crust, all the waters that cover the Earth’s surface, and the atmosphere that Earth’s surface, and the atmosphere that surrounds Earth. surrounds Earth.

2. Ecology is the study of the interactions 2. Ecology is the study of the interactions that occur among organisms and their that occur among organisms and their environment.environment.

3. They both deal with life and where 3. They both deal with life and where organisms live. organisms live.

4. Population is organisms of a certain 4. Population is organisms of a certain species and community includes species and community includes allall the the organisms. organisms.

5. Yes it does because different 5. Yes it does because different organisms require different amounts of organisms require different amounts of rain to survive.rain to survive.