Investigation 1

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Investigation 1

• Population and Ecosystems

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Ecology

• Ecology is the study of ecosystems.
• Give examples of an individual, population, and
  community in an ecosystem.
• What is an ecosystem.

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Individual

• One single organism.

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Population

• All the individuals of one kind (one species) in
  a specified area at one time.

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Community

• All the interacting populations in a specified
  area.

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Ecosystem

• A system of interacting organisms and nonliving
  factors in a specified area.

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Biotic and Abiotic

• Biotic Factors Living organisms and products of
  organisms
• Abiotic Factors Nonliving things in an
  ecosystem.

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Activity Card Sorting

• You will work in groups of two.
• One deck of ecosystem cards
• Sort cards into different piles.
• The piles should be Individuals, Populations,
  Communities, Ecosystems, and Abiotic Factors
• Record card-sort onto the given worksheet.