Biology

Coach Dosi's Class: Today we started new notes... see below. And we finished our autotroph/heterotroph foldable. If you did not finish in class make sure you finish for homework. And make sure you color it!!!

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Chapter 2 Ecology Notes

Meanings:

A: Not

Ose: Sugar

Ol: Alcohol

Bio: Living

Ology: The Study of

Inter: Between

BIOTIC (Living Things)	ABIOTIC (Non Living Things)
Animals	Water
Plants	Air
Humans	Sun
	Food
	Currents
	Temperature (Weather)
	Nutrients
	Soil

Biotic: Living things in the ecosystem

            Bio: Life

            Tic: Factor

            *Dead things are still biotic because they were once living.

Abiotic: Not a living thing

            A: Not

            Biotic: Life factor

            *Non-living things can’t be dead because they were not alive to begin with

Producer: Make new energy (food) for our ecosystem (against the system) (maker)

            Pro: For or positive

Consumer: Use/ Take away energy

            Con: Against or negative

PRODUCERS = AUTOTROPHS

Autotrophs: Makes their own food (Food from inside)

            Auto: Self

            Troph: Energy/Nutrition

CONSUMER = HETEROTROPH

Heterotroph: Get their food from different (other) sources (Food from Outside)

            Hetero: Different (Other Sources)

            Troph: Energy/Nutrition

Ecosystem: How all things interact together

            Eco: Life

            System: how things interact

Producer: Make energy (food) for our ecosystem (against the system)

            Pro: For or positive

Consumer: Use/ Take away energy

            Con: Against or negative

Decompose: To breakdown what was made

            De: Breakdown

            Compose: Make

Decomposer: Break down leftover energy found in dead things. (Eats dead things)

Organism: Any living things having 1- infinity (any number) of cells.

You must have one cell, any living things, no matter how big or small

·       Small Organism: Bacteria, Germ

·       Medium Organism: Bug

·       Large Organism: Dog, Human

Species: Group of the same kinds of organisms

Interactions: Things that happen between plants and/or animals

            Inter: Between

            Actions: How plants and animals do things

Guiding Question: How do species interactions lead to changes in organisms? PREDATOR/PREY ·       Predator: ·       Prey: ·       Reduce	Must hunt for food, Predator = Lion Who is hunted, Prey = Zebra ·       Predators eat prey and reduce their numbers (prey are killed so there are less zebra now) Go down in number This relationship is good for the predator because they get nutrition, but is bad for the prey because they die.
PARASITISM           Ectoparasite ·       Ecto            Endoparasite ·       Endo o   Example:	Relationship where one organism needs a host to survive. Takes nutrients from the host. Example: Mistletoe, heartworms Outside Ectoderm (Skin) Inside Endoscopy