Ecology

The science of interconnected

relationships-Lecture 1
Terms:
Ecology-

Ecosystem-

Organism-

Species-

Levels of Biological Organization

It is important to remember that all parts of an ecosystem are
________________________.
Each part is affected by all other parts. If we remove one species from an
ecosystem, there could be severe ___________________________________ for that
ecosystem.
Question:
If we remove all the spiders from a given ecosystem:
1. Who do you think would benefit?
2. What would happen to their population?
3. Who would be affected then?

Levels of Organization
Ecologists tend to label ____________________________ of organisms.
Lets look at a familiar setting for example:
Your house is part of a _________________________; Which is part of a
_______________________:
which is part of a __________________________which is part of a
__________________________.

________ individual organism lives completely on its own.

Organisms may live with other individuals of the same species to form a
___________________.
Several populations living together make up a ____________________________________.
Several communities in a given area make up a ____________________________________.
Collectively, all the biomes of the planet earth make up the
_________________________________.

Again, the most basic level of ecological organization is the

_______________________________.
A group of individuals of the same species make up a population.
A community is all the populations of living organisms in an area.