Bell Work: Match the animal with the correct ecosystem.

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Bell Work Match the animal with the correct
ecosystem.
eel
1. Tropical Rainforest
3. Desert
seal
kangaroo rat
anaconda
4. Arctic Tundra
2. Kelp Forest (Ocean)
polar bear
lobster
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Interactions of Living Things
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Ecology and Ecosystems

• Ecology is the study of the interactions between
  organisms and their environment, or ecosystems.
• An ecosystem is a community in which living and
  nonliving things interact (organisms and its
  abiotic environment).

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Two parts of an Environment

• Biotic- animals and plants
• Abiotic- water, soil, light, temperature, and
  rocks.

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5 Levels of Environmental Organization

• 1. Organism- made up of an individual organism
• 2. Population-group of individuals of the same
  species that live together in the same area.
• 3. Community-all populations of different species
  that live in the same area.
• 4. Ecosystem-a community of organisms and the
  abiotic environment
• 5. Biosphere-part of Earth where life exists.

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Examples

• Oh Please Come Eat Bacon
• You need an Organism to make a Population Cause
  all those people hatin in that Ecosystem are in
  this Biosphere right here.
• Our Pizza Comes Easily Baked
• Only People Can Enter the Biosphere

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5 Levels of Environmental Organization Foldable

• You must include
• A definition for each level
• An example for each level
• A colored picture representing each level