Questions about reading and notetaking chapter 1 section 1

What needs are met by an organism's environment?
An organism needs an environment with food, shelter, the right climate, the right temperatures, and the right surroundings in general. For example, a gorillas habitat would be in a jungle,where it had bananas to pick off trees and shelter from the outside world. The jungle also provides the gorilla with the right temperature, thatthe gorilla can survive in. The gorilla wouldn't be able to survive in the Sahara desert because it would be too hot during daytime and to warm during the night. Also, in the desert there's not not much living, and the gorilla probably wouldn't want to eat cactus. The same thing for other landforms; praries, mountains, the arctic, the sea. The gorilla wouldn't be able to survive in these places, it would only be able to survive in the jungle.

What are the two parts of an organism's habitat with which it interacts?
There's two factors that an organism interacts with in it's habitat- biotic and abiotic. Biotic factors are living things and Abiotic factors are nonliving things. For example, a biotic factor in a worms daily life is a fly,and an abiotic factor in a worms daily life is soil.

What are the levels of organization within an ecosystem?
1.Organism
2. Population
3. Community
4. Ecosystem

Why do you find different kinds of organisms in different habitats?
Because different organisms live in different places and can't survive in other places. For example, an algae couldn't survive in the sunny desert and a cactus couldn't survive in the ocean. Organisms only stay in places where they can survive.

Think about what will soon start happening within Belgrade. How do animals prepare for such a change?
Winters coming! Some animals hibernate, some animals get thicker fur, some build stronger shelter, and some start using up their nut supply!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqNm8kr_RHs

this is a video I found about monkeys in their their habitats!