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    Ecology is the study of the relationships between organisms and their environment. Ecologists study different levels of organization, from individual organisms to populations, communities, ecosystems, and biomes. Every ecosystem includes both biotic factors, such as plants and animals, and abiotic factors like temperature, moisture, and sunlight. Changing one factor in an ecosystem can affect many other interconnected factors and biodiversity within the system.

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    Ecology is the study of the relationships between organisms and their environment. Ecologists study different levels of organization, from individual organisms to populations, communities, ecosystems, and biomes. Every ecosystem includes both biotic factors, such as plants and animals, and abiotic factors like temperature, moisture, and sunlight. Changing one factor in an ecosystem can affect many other interconnected factors and biodiversity within the system.

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    Ecology is the study of the relationships between organisms and their environment. Ecologists study different levels of organization, from individual organisms to populations, communities, ecosystems, and biomes. Every ecosystem includes both biotic factors, such as plants and animals, and abiotic factors like temperature, moisture, and sunlight. Changing one factor in an ecosystem can affect many other interconnected factors and biodiversity within the system.

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    Ecology

    Levels of Organization and Flow of Energy

    Ecology - is the study of the relationships among


    organisms and their environment.

    Ecologists study environments at


    different levels of organization.

    An organism is an individual
    living thing, such as an
    alligator.

    Organism
    Organism

    A population is a group of the same


    species that lives in one area.

    Population
    Population
    Organism
    Organism

    A community is a group of different species


    (populations) that live together in one area.

    Community
    Community
    Population
    Population

    Organism
    Organism

    An ecosystem includes all of the organisms as


    well as the climate, soil, water, rocks and other
    nonliving things in a given area.

    Ecosystem

    Ecosystem
    Community
    Community

    Population
    Population

    Organism
    Organism

    A biome is a major regional or global community of


    organisms characterized by the climate conditions
    and plant communities that thrive there.

    Biome

    Ecosystem
    Ecosystem
    Community
    Community
    Population
    Population
    Organism
    Organism

    Biotic and Abiotic


    Factors

    Every ecosystem includes both living


    and nonliving factors.

    plants

    Biotic factors are living things.


    plants
    animals
    fungi
    bacteria

    Abiotic factors are nonliving things.


    moisture
    temperature
    wind
    sunlight
    Soil
    Water
    Rocks

    sunlight

    moisture

    Changing one factor in an ecosystem can


    affect many other factors.

    Biodiversity is the
    assortment, or variety, of
    living things in an ecosystem.

    Rain forests have more


    biodiversity than other
    locations in the world.

    A keystone species is a species


    that has an unusually large effect
    on its ecosystem.

    keystone

    Keystone species form and


    maintain a complex web of life.

    creation of
    wetland
    ecosystem

    increased waterfowl
    Population

    increased
    fish
    population

    keystone species
    nesting sites
    for birds

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