Ecology

• Ecology

  Study of the relationship between organisms and their environment
• Ecosystem

  A group of organisms and their associated environment
• Community

  All the organisms of all the species that live within the same area at the same time
• Feeding relationships underpin the community
• Population

  All the individuals of the same species using the same resources in the same area
• The idea of competition for resources underpins populations
• Habitat

  Place where an organism lives. Organisms of the same species may live or be found in usually more than one type of habitat
• Food source can also be found at the surface
• Hamzor uses its foot in the bed to attach to rocks to extract the benefits of the pond
• Filter feeding allows Hamzor to absorb nutrients from water flowing over them
• Rattus Rattus live in sewers, farms, hedgerows, restaurants and schools
• Niche


  complete description of how an organism relates to and fits into biological and physical environment

  It considers the particular part of the habitat it uses and the particular environmental condition it requires from that habitat