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Independent variable

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What is being tested

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Scientific method

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Stating a problem
Gathering info
Suggesting an answer
Performing an experiment
Recording the results
Stating conclusions 
Communicate your results
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Dependent variable

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What is observed

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Controlled variable

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Things that could change but don’t

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Ecology

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The study of the interrelationships of living organisms and their environment

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Ecologist

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A person who studies ecology

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Habitat

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The area in which an organism lives

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Environment

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All the living and non- living conditions that act on an organism and affect its chances of survival

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Abiotic factors

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Non-living or physical factors eg. Temperature amount of water amount of oxygen amount of light

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Biotic factors

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Living factors eg. Amount of food predators parasites competitors

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Species

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Group of organisms that can interbreed to produce viable offspring

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Community

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All the organisms in a particular area at a given time

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Population

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The number of individuals of the same species in a given area at a given time

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Ecosystem

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A natural unit of living and non-living parts that interact to produce a stable system in which the exchange of materials between living and non-living parts cycle

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Biome

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A biome is a large easily differentiated community unit arising as a result of complex interactions of climate ,other physical factors an biotic factors examples of biomes are tundra temperate grassland desert and tropical rainforest

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Biosphere

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The biosphere is the collective interaction of all the biomes on the earth

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Symbiosis

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A relationship in which two organisms of different species ‘live together’ for a period of time

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Parasitism

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A form of symbiosis in which one organism derives nutrients from the second organism which suffers some harm but is usually not killed eg.a tick is the parasite that feeds of a dog which Is the host

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Mutualism

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A form of symbiosis in which both organisms help each other

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Commensalism

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A form of symbiosis in which one organism helps the other organism but there is no benifit nor harm done in return

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Predator /prey relationship

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The relationship in which one organism hunts and eats another

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Competition

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A relationship where two types if organisms compete for the same

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Factors effecting population

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Available resources 
Activities of other organisms
Organisms own characteristics
Time of day or year
Weather
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Adaptation

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a characteristic of an organisms that enable it to function more effectively or survive in its surroundings

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5 types of adaptation

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structural
color
physiological
behavioural
reproductive
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structural adaptation

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related to the structure of the organism

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color adaptation

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related to the color

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physiological adaptation

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related to the organisms metabolism

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reproductive adaptation

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related to the courtship mating or rearing of young

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natural resources

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the materials and products found in nature

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need

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what you need

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want

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what you want

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primary succession

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an ecosystem that is slowly starting to grow from nothing

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secondary succession

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an ecosystem that was a thriving ecosystem but got destroyed and is now growing again

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pioneer species

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new species to that land

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original species

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the original species of that land

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climax community

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a thriving ecosystem

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bioindicater species

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a species that shows us that something is wrong in the environment

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biological control

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to control insect pests by using their natural enemy(brining in an exotic species even thought it may harm the original species)

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extinction

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when an animal died out completely

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exterpation

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when an animal species dies out in a area but is still alive in a different area

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physical monitoring

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uses satellites to track the changes in landscapes over time

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environmental monitoring

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tracks changes in climate temperature and weather patterns

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weather

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day to day

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climate

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long term

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chemical monitoring

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the quality of air soil and water

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biological monitoring

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tracks the changes in organisms or populations of organisms

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sustainability

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resources of nature are being renewed at least as quickly as they are being used

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ecological footprint

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a calculation of the total area of land and water needed to supply all of the materials and energy a human uses as well as the waste produces

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3 r’s

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reduce
reuse
recycle

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consumers

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organisms that eat the food made by the producers

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producers

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organisms that make there own food

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carnivores

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organisms that only eat meat

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herbivores

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organisms that only eat plants

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omnivores

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organisms that eat plants and meat

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food chain

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a sequence of feeding relationships among living organisms as they pass on food energy

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food web

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the network of feeding relationships among organisms

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food pyramid

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the pyramid which shows us the transfer of energy

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biomass

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the total mass of living matter

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energy flow

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the movement of energy which originally comes form from the sun

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scavenger

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an organism that eats dead or decaying plant or animal matter

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decomposer

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organisms that break down the cells of dead or waste material and absorb their nutrients

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carbon cycle

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the cycle in which carbon is used and reused in the ecosystem

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water cycle

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the continuous movement of water through the biosphere

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water cycle steps

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evaporation
transpiration
condensation
precipitation

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ph.

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a scale used to express acid or alkaline content

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bioaccumulation

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movement of pollutants through the levels of a food chain so that greater quantities are retained with movement of the food chain

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baseline data

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basic info

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permanent plots

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quadrats

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quadrats

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a small area of a larger area

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environmental impact assessment

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environmental report

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calculating population in an ecosystem

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species : blue beetles
ecosystem type:forest
ecosystem size:1000m2
# of quadrats:5
each quadrats is:1m2
1rst quadrat:13 blue beetles
2nd quadrat:15 blue beetles
3rd quadrat:16 blue beetles
4th quadrat:14 blue beetles
5th quadrat:13 blue beetles
total area of quadrats:5m2
total# of blue beetles in quadrats:71 blue beetles
71/5:14.2blue beetles per1m2
14.2x1000:14200blue beetles in the forest ecosystem
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Standard use for comparison

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Control group

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New products or tools made because of knowledge gained through science

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technology

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science

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The process of understanding the world

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