EO - Ecological Organization Module Overview
Ecological Organization Module Overview
Introduction
How do you find your favorite song or playlist? Chances are you have your music organized by genre, artist, etc. so you can find a specific song quickly.
If you have a specific outfit that you want to wear but you only have five minutes to find it – will you be able to? Maybe your closet is organized by type of clothing so it is easy to reach in and you can grab what you want.
Organization is key to being able to find and use our everyday objects. It is also the key to understanding how life interactions affect one another.
Ecology is the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment. Understanding how life is organized and how that life interacts within their environment is one of the foundations of environmental science.
Module Lessons Preview
In this module, we will study the following topics:
Organization of Life
Ecosystems & Biomes
Aquatic Biomes
Key Terms
- Acellular level: before the cell
- Abiotic: any nonliving component of an ecosystem
- Atom: the smallest component of an element that still has the properties of that element
- Biotic: living components of an ecosystem
- Biome: a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, with a specific climate and geographical patterns
- Biosphere: all life on Earth under the atmosphere
- Cell: basic unit of life
- Community:interactions of living organisms within a specific area
- Ecology: the study of the interaction of organisms and their environment and is one of the cornerstones of environmental science
- Ecosystem: all living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) components in a specific environment or space
- Macromolecule: a molecule containing a vast number of atoms, and are essential for life.
- Molecules: is a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction
- Organ: group of tissues working together
- Organ System: group of organs working together to accomplish a goal Image
- Organelles:any of a number of organized or specialized structures within a living cell that regulate biochemical reactions and interactions
- Organism: the primary living system, a functional grouping of the lower-level components, including at least one cell
- Population: group of organisms of the same species that can interbreed
- Tissue: a group of cells working together
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