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a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile off-spring in nature |
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scientific study of interactions between organisms and their environments |
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portion of the earth that supports life; extends from high in the atmosphere to the bottom of the oceans |
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nonliving parts of an organism's environment; air currents, temperature, moisture, light, and soil are all examples |
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all the living organisms that inhabit an environment |
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group of organisms all of the same species, which interbreed and live in the same place at the same time |
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collection of several interacting populations that inhabit a common environment |
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interactions among populations in a community; the community's physical surroundings, or abiotic factors |
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place where an organism lives out it's life |
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role or position a species has in its environment; includes all biotic and abiotic interactions as an animal meets its needs for survival and reproduction |
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permanent, close association between two or more organisms of different species |
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symbiotic relationship in which on species benefits and the other species is neither harmed nor benefited |
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a symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit |
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symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits at the expense of another, usually another species |
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What two sub categories are under, "Niches?" |
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Autotroph and Heterotroph |
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Law of Conservation of Energy |
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Energy cannot be created or destroyed |
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What subcategory is under Autotroph? |
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What subcategories are under Heterotroph? |
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What subcategories are under consumer? |
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herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, insectavore, fruitavore, hemavore, etc, etc. |
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What is the difference between a Food Web and a Food Chain? |
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If one "link" in a Food Chain is broken, the ecosystem crashes |
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What does Biodiversity and Adaptivity lead to? |
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What are some relations organisms have with nature? |
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Symbiosis, Sex, Intraspecies, Interspecies |
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What are examples of Symbiosis? |
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Parasitism, Commensalism, and Mutualism |
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Relations between a male and female in which they mate to produce viable off-spring |
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What is learned in intraspecies? |
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hunting strategies, parenting (Ex. Flock migration, Fish schools) |
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What happens interspecies? |
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Predator and Prey relationships and competition |
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What are the levels of organization? |
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protons, neutrons, electron > atoms > molecule compounds > amino acids > protein > organelles > organism(individual species) > [Biotic] Population > [Biotic] Community > [Biotic and Abiotic] ecosystem |
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What are examples of Biotic features of an ecosystem? |
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Populations of species, niches, competition, symbiosis, community |
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What are examples of Abiotic Factors? |
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Soil chemistry, pH, temperature, porosity, texture, H2O chemistry, pH, Temperature, salinity, light availability, currents of H2O or Air, seasonal extremes,and pollution |
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Maximum number of organisms and ecosystem can carry |
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