WHAT IS ECOLOGY Flashcards
he is the great scientist coined the term ecology
earnst haeckel
derived from the greek words oikoc and logos
ecology
it is a branch of biology that deals with the study of RELATIONSHIP between different living organisms and their environment
ecology
define ecology (own explanation)
study of relationship between organisms in their environment and understand its process
enumerate:
levels of organization chronological order
- species
- population
- community
- ecosystem
- biome
- biosphere
lowest level of group of living organisms that contains similar individuals capable for reproduction
species
second level, all other individuals of the same species within an ecological community
set of organisms of the same kind occupying a single locale
population
third level, potentially interacting species living in the same location
shared environment and a network of influence each species has on the other
community
interactions of abiotic and biotic factors within the environment
ecosystem
ecosystem examples
terrestial
aquatic
pond, forest, grassland
group of ecosystem that share similar climatic conditions
typically characterized by dominant forms of vegetations and climatic conditions
biome
biome examples
desert
rainforest
savannah
region of the earth that encompasses all LIVING organisms
life exist, body of all life
BIOsphere
is everything around us
environment
singular noun that encounters all the possible relationships in the universe
ecology
