PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Biotic factor-
All living things in a Ecosystem
Within the biotic factors:
-Biosphere
-Ecosystem
-community
-population
-individual
Ecosystem-
a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment.
Community-
Ecology. an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area.
Population-
A. the assemblage of a specific type of organism living in a given area.
B. all the individuals of one species in a given area.
Individual-
A. a single organism capable of independent existence.
B. a member of a compound organism or colony.
Ecosystem of a pond:
-Population of lily pads
-cattails
-Mosquitos
-frogs
-turtles
Ecosystem of a cornfield:
-artificially structured to favor the corn population
~beneficial insects
- discourage populations that hamper corn field
~ weeds, crows,& harmful Insects.
