Topic 8 Ecology Flashcards
What is Ecology?
Science that studies living beings and the relation with the environment (habitat)
Aportation of Aristotle
-Earth round
-Theory of plants and Treaty on the general principle of the movement of animals
Aportation of Carolus Linnaeus
Classification of species (taxonomy)
Aportation of Jean Baptiste
-Characteristics of organisms
-Term “biology”
Aportation of Ernest Haeckel
-Term “ecology”
Aportation of Eugene P. Odum
-Father of contemporary ecology
-balance between humans and the ecosystem
Why ecology is holistic?
Because integrates all branches of geography
What are the levels of organization of living beings?
-Individual
-Population
-Community
-Ecosystem
What is a population?
A group of individuals of the same species (in a same area)
What is a community?
An interaction between species in a location
What is a Ecosystem?
Set of living organisms (biocenosis) who develop in a common environment (biotope)
Mention the branches of ecology
-Autoecology
-Synecology (population)
-Population ecology (community)
-Ecosystem ecology (mass energy, biotic and a biotic components)
Scientidic method
-Observe phenomena
-Form hypothesis
-Experiment
-Make conclusions
What is the environment?
Global system composed of natural or artificial elements in constantly change where develops life
Classification of living organisms
-Autotrophs (producers) (plants, alga)
-Heterotrophs (consumers) (aninkas and fungi)
-Decomposers (destroy organisms that were alive) (fungi and bacteria)
