EcosystemComplete your Vocabulary Chart as

we go through the PowerPoint

EcologyThe study of relationships between organisms

and their environments.

SpeciesA group of

interbreeding organisms.

Cuniculus (common rabbit)

PopulationA group of

individuals of the same species at a specific location

and time.

Cuniculus of Yellowknife, Canada, 2010

CommunityAll populations (living things)

in a certain area at a

certain time.

Chipmunks, deer, bears, rabbits, fungi, aspen, and ash of Yellowknife, Canada, 2010

EcosystemAll living and

nonliving things in the same place at the same time.

(Habitat)

Chipmunks, deer, bears, rabbits, fungi, aspen, ash, soil, water, temperature, and sunlight of Yellowknife, Canada in 2010

BiosphereAny place where

life can occur.

(Remember, biotic means living!)

All of the living things in an ecosystem

Which things in this ecosystem are biotic?

Biotic

All of the non-living things in an ecosystem

Which things in this ecosystem are abiotic?

Abiotic

Ecosystem Visual #1

Ecosystem Visual #2

Ecosystem Visual #3

Identify your ecosystem

1. What is included in your species?

2. What is included in your population?

3. What is included in your community?

4. What is included in your ecosystem?

Create an Ecosystem• Open the Ecosystem Graphic Organizer in

Notability• Complete using the instructions at the top.• Honors: You need to research a SPECIFIC

ecosystem.– Ex: Temperate rainforest of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington state

Population

Community

Ecosystem

Biotic Abiotic