Ecology Unit: Cornell Notes Mr. Forde Black Team 2009

Unit: Ecology 1) The study of living things 2) A complete living thing 3a) Living things are made of cells 3b) Living things obtain and use energy 3c) Living things grow and develop 3d) Living things reproduce 3e) Living things respond to their environment 3f) Living things adapt to their environment Name: Date: Group: 1) What is life science ? 2) What is an organism ? 3) What are the characteristics of living things?

1) The study of living things

2) A complete living thing

3a) Living things are made of cells

3b) Living things obtain and use energy

3c) Living things grow and develop

3d) Living things reproduce

3e) Living things respond to their environment

3f) Living things adapt to their environment

Unit: Ecology 1) A group of organisms of the same type living together in the same area 2) All of the populations living in a certain place 3) All of the living and non-living things in a given area that interact with one another. (4 parts: producers/consumers/ decomposers/ abiotic factors) 4) The place in which an organism lives that provides what it needs to live, grow and reproduce. 5) The living parts of a habitat 6) The non-living parts of a habitat <Water, Sunlight, Oxygen, Soil, Oxygen> Name: Date: Group: 1) What is a population ? 2) What is a community ? 3) What is an ecosystem? 4)What is a habitat ? 5) What are biotic factors ? 6) What are abiotic factors ?

1) A group of organisms of the same type living together in the same area

2) All of the populations living in a certain place

3) All of the living and non-living things in a given area that interact with one another. (4 parts: producers/consumers/

decomposers/ abiotic factors)

4) The place in which an organism lives that provides what it needs to live, grow and reproduce.

5) The living parts of a habitat

6) The non-living parts of a habitat

<Water, Sunlight, Oxygen, Soil, Oxygen>

Unit: Ecology 1) An organism that makes its own food 2) An organism that obtains food by eating other organisms 3) A consumer that eats only plants 4) A consumer that eats only animals 5) A consumer that eats both plants and animals 6) Animal that eats only dead organisms <ants, vultures, worms etc.> 7) Organism that breaks down the wastes or remains of other organisms <bacteria and fungi> Name: Date: Group: 1) What is a producer ? 2) What is a consumer ? 3) What is an herbivore ? 4) What is a carnivore ? 5) What is an omnivore ? 6) What is a scavenger ? 7) What is a decomposer ?

1) An organism that makes its own food

2) An organism that obtains food by eating other organisms

3) A consumer that eats only plants

4) A consumer that eats only animals

5) A consumer that eats both plants and animals

6) Animal that eats only dead organisms

<ants, vultures, worms etc.>

7) Organism that breaks down the wastes or remains of other organisms <bacteria and fungi>

Unit: Ecology Name: Date: Group: What is a predator? What is prey? What is a death rate? What is immigration? What is emigration? What is population density? The organism that does the killing. The organism that is killed The number of deaths in a population in a certain time Moving into a population Moving out of a population The number of individuals in a certain area.

What is a predator?

What is prey?

What is a death rate?

What is immigration?

What is emigration?

What is population density?

The organism that does the killing.

The organism that is killed

The number of deaths in a population in a certain time

Moving into a population

Moving out of a population

The number of individuals in a certain area.

Unit: Ecology Name: Date: Group: What is Carrying Capacity? What are limiting factors? The largest population an area can support. An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease. Limiting factors include: * climate * food and water availability * physical space * disease * predators

What is Carrying Capacity?

What are limiting factors?

The largest population an area can support.

An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease.

Limiting factors include:

* climate

* food and water availability

* physical space

* disease

* predators

Unit: Ecology “Deer Dilemma” Name: Date: Group: What may cause the deer population to grow? What are some possible solutions? Decrease in predators (coyote/wolves) Increase in food supply (home gardens and lawns) Forest Clearing Feeding the animals Decreased hunting Solutions include: * Fencing (tall/electrified) * Controlled Hunting * Taste and odor repellents “Deer Away” * Scare Devices (light/noise/scarecrow) * Bad tasting plants

What may cause the deer population to grow?

What are some possible solutions?

Decrease in predators (coyote/wolves)

Increase in food supply (home gardens and lawns)

Forest Clearing

Feeding the animals

Decreased hunting

Solutions include:

* Fencing (tall/electrified)

* Controlled Hunting

* Taste and odor repellents “Deer Away”

* Scare Devices (light/noise/scarecrow)

* Bad tasting plants