Environmental Science

Chapter 1.1
7th Grade
 Ecology: Study of the interactions of
organisms with one another and with their
environment.
 Two Groups:
1. Biotic: All LIVING organisms that live
together in an environment.
2. Abiotic: NONLIVING factors, such as
water, soil, light, and temperature.
 BIOTIC: All LIVING  ABIOTIC: All
things that live NONLIVING factors
together in an such as water, soil,
environment. light, and
temperature.

BIOTIC ABIOTIC
 Listthe biotic parts and abiotic parts in the
picture below:
 1. Biosphere
 2. Ecosystem
 3. Community
 4. Population
 5. Organism
 Organism: an individual animal, plant, or
single-celled life form.
 Population:A group of organisms of the
SAME species that live together.
 Community: A group of organisms living in
the same place and sharing the same
characteristics.
 What do all of
these organisms
share in common?
 Ecosystem: made up of a community of
organisms and the abiotic environment of
the community.
 An ecologist studying the ecosystem could
examine how organisms interact as well as
how temperature, precipitation, and soil
affects the organisms.
 Biosphere: part of Earth where life exists.
 Extends from deepest parts of ocean to high
in the air where plant spores drift.
 Ecologists study the biosphere to see how
organisms interact with the abiotic
environment – Earth’s atmosphere, water,
soil, and rock.