What Shapes an Ecosystem?. Biotic Factors – living/biological influences on organisms within an ecosystem. –Examples? Abiotic Factors – physical/non-living.
Chapter 4 Ecosystems and Communities. Ch 4.1 Objectives Differentiate between weather and climate Identify the factors that influence climate.
Chapter 4 Ecosystems and Communities 4-1 The Role of Climate A.What is Climate? 1. Climate is the average yearly condition of temperature and precipitation.
The study of the ecosystem Chapter 7: Ecology. What is an Ecosystem? Big Idea ?
Community Interactions Community: Many species interacting in the same environment Three types of interactions: – Competition – Predation – Symbiosis.
Organisms and Their Environment Habitat & Niche Habitat is the place a plant or animal livesHabitat is the place a plant or animal lives Niche is an.
Intro to Biology Unit 1 (Chapter 1) The Basis of Life Part 2.
The Biology of Ecosystems "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe." John Muir.
Ecology Ecosystems and Communities. Weather vs. Climate Weather is the condition of the Earth’s atmosphere at a particular time and place. Atmosphere.
Ecology and Ecosystems Vocabulary
Roles of Organisms in Ecosystems
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