organism and their environment

Ecology and
ecosystem
chapter 4.1 Vykin Ong
DISCUSSION
OBJECTIVES IN THIS CHAPTER

.To understand that living organism require certain conditions for their survival

To understand that living organisms interact with one another, and with their non-
living environment

To define population, community and ecosystem

To realise that available resources change through the year.

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THE THREE
Supply of food
"SURVIVAL ESSENTIALS"
Shelter
FOR LIVING ORGANISMS Breeding

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 Changing with the seasons
the ability of the habitat to supply living organisms with their
requirments may vary at different times of the year

poor rain means little growth of grass

herbivores leave for areas of fresh growth
carnivores follow herbivores
then scavengers follow carnivores

Ecology and ecosystem

LIVING ORGANISMS
LIVING ORGANISMS NORMALLY EXIST IN GROUPS

A living organisms
interacts with its
environment

Abiotic
Biotic (living)
(non-living)
factors
factors

Physical Climate
temperature
oxygen and
carbon dioxide
concentration humidity

light intensity

water
availability
 ORGANISMS EXIST IN GROUPS WITHIN AN
ECOSYSTEM

Population Community Ecosystem Habitat Abiotic environment

A population is the An ecological community is An ecosystem consists The term “habitat” Air,water and soil
a group of actually or of all the organisms has several make up the biotic
number of environment
potentially interacting and the physical meanings. In ecology
organisms of the it means either the
species living in the same environment with
same species that location. Communities are which they interact. area and resources
live in a particular bound together by a shared These biotic and used by a particular
area environment and a network abiotic components species (the habitat
of influence each species are linked together of a species) or an
has on the other. through nutrient assemblage of
cycles and energy animals and plants
flows together with their
abiotic environment.
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