Monday
E.Q. – What is Ecology?
-How can I distinguish between an environment, habitat, and an ecosystem?
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What is Ecology?
What is an environment?
What is an ecosystem?
What is a habitat?
Tuesday
E. Q. : What are the abiotic factors in our environment?
-How can I distinguish between abiotic and biotic factors?
1. What does abiotic mean?
2. What are abiotic factors in our lives?
3. How is water, sunlight, soil, temperature, precipitation, oxygen, latitude, and altitude important in
our lives? (List each one and leave space to insert key ideas of each factor.
4. What does biotic mean?
Wednesday
E.Q.:
-What are biotic factors?
-What are characteristics that all living things (biotic) must possess?
1. Biotic factors are
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2. What are 6 characteristics of living things? (Leave space to list and describe all 6)
3. What is another word for a living thing?
4. What are the levels of organization of living things? (Leave space to list and describe each.)
5. What is a group of organisms that are physically similar to each other and can successfully
reproduce?
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What is a population?
What is all of the populations of different species that live in the same place (all biotic factors).
What is an ecosystem?
What is all of the ecosystems on Earth where life is found (crust, water, and atmosphere).