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Energy and marine food web

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FIRST SEMESTER PRELIM

SCI 2
INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY AND ECOSYSTEM
Ecology 6. Both the environment and the
energy fixation in any given
- word “OIES” means house
- study of houses or habitat of ecosystem are limited.
organism and their relationship to 7. Alterations in the environment
their environment
represent selective pressure upon
Ecosystem the population to which it must

- includes the different organisms adjust.


living in a certain area/habitat
along with their physical Level of Ecological Organization
environment
1. Individual
Biotic environment - species that are alike in structure

- means living organism/things and functions


2. Population
Abiotic environment
- all individuals of a single specie
- non-living organism/things 3. Community
General Characteristics of Ecosystem - all population of different species
that have an area
1. It is a major structural and
4. Ecosystem
functional unit of ecology.
- the community along with the non-
2. The structure of an ecosystem is
living things or elements
related to species diversity.
- Ex of non-living: water, sunlight
3. The relative amount of energy
5. Biome
required to maintain a ecosystem
- the ecosystem around the plant
depends on its structure.
with similar characteristics
4. The function of the ecosystem is
6. Biosphere
related to energy field in material
- all the biomes of earth
cycling through and within the
7. Niches
ecosystem.
- it is the way of life or the rule a
5. Ecosystem matures by passing
specie pursue within its habitat
from fewer complexes to a more
- the niche of an individual is
complex states.
composed of biotic and abiotic
factor in life
FIRST SEMESTER PRELIM
SCI 2
INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY AND ECOSYSTEM
Biotic/living Abiotic/non-living one benefits at the expense of
1. food 2. amount of the other
sources sunlight
c. Commensalism – the
3. water 4. water
association between 2
organism in which one
Four Specific Categories within a
Niche that satisfy its basic need benefits and other derives
neither harm nor benefit
1. food
2. water d. Competition – the interaction
3. shelter of individuals that vie from a
4. reproduction common source that is limited
“What do you think will happen when two in supply
species share in the same niche and
same habitat?”
Vie – compete eagerly with
- One will thrive because the specie someone in order to do or
(you) will adjust achieve something
- Competition will happen

Aspects of the Ecosystem Components of the Ecosystem

1. Structural Aspects Major components:

a. Description of the 1. Solar energy


arrangement 2. Producers (ex. Plants)
3. Consumer of plants
b. Types and number of species
4. Decomposers (ex. Bacteria &
and their life histories fungi)
2. Functional Aspects
Species and their Natural Habitat
a. Flow of energy
Species
b. Cycling of materials
3. Relationship among organisms - smallest unit of classification for
a. Mutualism – two species have biological organism

long term interaction that is Individual


beneficial to both of them
- are alike in structure and functions
b. Parasitism – relationship
Habitat
between two species in which
- the place when an organism can
meet the need of specific
FIRST SEMESTER PRELIM
SCI 2
INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY AND ECOSYSTEM
conditions to survive and
reproduce

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