ENV200H1 Chapter 6: ENV200 Supp Reader Chap 6 (Ecosystems and Ecosystem Management) and Chap 7 (Biological Diversity)

1. Organismal ecology: focuses on the relationship between an organism's structure, physiology or behavior and its environment.

2. Ecosystem ecology: study of how organisms affect the flow of energy and the cycling of material in an ecosystem.

Honey bees engage in entomophily, pollination through pollendistribution, as part of the process to produce honey. What isentomophily an example of?

An ecosystem is composed of communities of living organisms at aparticular time. This includes plants and animals, as well asnon-living elements such as water, wind, heat, chemicalconstituents, etc. Each organism within a community has a habitatand a niche (Figure 1). An organism’s habitatisthe location in which it physically resides or is adapted toreside. An organism’s niche refers its function or“occupation”. Occupation defines the way in which the organismobtains and sustains all of the elements needed for survival.

please explain your answer!

describe your ecosystem—your interactions with your biotic environment and your physical environment. Include your food relationships, competition, wastes, parasites, and all other ways in which you interact within your ecosystem.