Environmental Science: Section 1-1 Everything Is Connected

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Environmental Science Section 1-1Everything Is
Connected
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1. What is one way alligators and other organisms
interact?

• fish use holes dug by alligators

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2. What is Ecology?

• The study of interactions of living things and
  their environment.

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3. What is the biotic part of the environment?

• All the living things that live together and
  interact.

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4. What is the abiotic part of the environment?

• Nonliving factors such as
• soil
• air
• water
• temperature
• sunlight, etc.

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Biotic or Abiotic?

• 5. alligator
• 6. gar
• 7. temperature
• 8. water
• 9. plants
• 10. rocks

• Biotic
• Abiotic

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Put the five levels of environmental organization
in order from smallest to largest

• ____ 11. population
• ____ 12. biosphere
• ____ 13. individual organism
• ____ 14. ecosystem
• ____ 15. community

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16. A group of seaside sparrows competing for
food, nesting space, and mates in a salt marsh is
an example of the __________ level of
environmental organization.

• population

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17. List four species in the salt marsh community.

• gull
• sparrow
• snail
• algae
• egret
• cordgrass

• heron
• jellyfish
• shrimp
• sea croaker
• turtle

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18. List three ways that species in the salt
marsh community use cordgrass

• eating it for food
• eating algae on it
• building nests
• hiding in it
• shelter and protection

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19. An ecosystem is made up of a community of
organisms and the ____________ parts of the
environment, such as temperature, soil, and water.

• Abiotic

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20. The ocean, the air, and all areas of Earth
where life is are all parts of the ________ level
of organization.

• biosphere

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