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Interconnectedness
JS GERMAN JR
Today's Discussion
Learning Outcomes
Introduction
Environmental Components: Abiotic Factors
Environmental Components: Biotic Factors
Ecosystem Roles
Energy Flow
Food Chains and Food Webs
Key Takeaways
What is science that deals with the way organisms
interact with one another and with the
Ecology ? nonliving surroundings
An ecosystem is a community of organisms
interacting with other organisms while at the
same time interacting with the non-living
environment
Abiotic and Biotic components
Energy
Environmental Non-living matter
Abiotic Factors
Abiotic Factors
Energy
Interspecific vs
Intraspecific
Competitive Exclusion
Parasitism
Symbiotic relationship
where one organism
(parasite) lives in or on
another organism (host)
from which it derives
sustenance
Commensalism
Symbiotic relationship
where one organism
benefits while the other is
unaffected
Mutualism
Symbiotic relationship
involve both species
benefiting from the
interaction
Ecosystem Producers
Consumers
Roles Decomposers
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