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Is an individual living thing

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Organism

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Is a group of the same species that live in one area

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Population

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Is a group of different species that live together in one area

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Community

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What includes the ecosystem?

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Climate
Water
Soil 
Water
 rocks 
and other nonliving things in a given area
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Is a major regional or global community of organisms characterized by the climate conditions and plant communities that thrive there

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Biome

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Every ecosystem includes what

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Living and nonliving factors

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What are the biotic factors

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Living things

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Examples of biotic factors

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Plants
Animals
Fungi
Bacteria

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What are the abiotic factors

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Nonliving things

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Examples of abiotic factors

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Moisture 
Temperature 
Wind
Sunlight 
Soil
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Is the assortment, or variety of living things in an ecosystem

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Biodiversity

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What have more diversity than others

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Rain forest

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Is a species that has an unusually larger effect on its ecosystem

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Keystone species

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Form and maintain a complex web of life

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Keystone species

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What requires a life in an ecosystem

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A source of energy

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Provide energy for other organisms in an ecosystem

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Producers

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Get their own energy from nonliving resources

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Producers

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How can we also called the producers

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Autotrophs

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Are organisms that get their energy by eating other living or once-living resources

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Consumers

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How can we also called the consumers

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Heterotrophs

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Were do most producers obtain energy

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Sunlight

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most producers uses sunlight as an energy resource

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Photosynthesis

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In prokaryote producers uses chemicals as an energy source

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Chemosynthesis

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Model the flow of energy in an ecosystem

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Food chains and food webs

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Is a model that shows a sequence of feeding relationships
Food chain
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Links species by their feeding relationships
Food chain
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Follows the connection between one producer and a single chain of consumers within an ecosystem
Food chain
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Eat only plants
Herbivores
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Eat only animals
Carnivores
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Eat both
Omnivores
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Eat dead organic matter
Detritivores
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Are detritivores that break down organic matter into simpler compounds
Decomposers
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Are consumers that primarily eat one specific organism or a very small number of organisms
Specialists
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Are consumers that have a varying diet
Generalists
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Are the nourishment levels in a food chain
Trophic levels
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Are herbivores that eat producers
Primary consumers
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Are carnivores that eat herbivores
Secondary consumers
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Are carnivores that eat secondary consumers
Tertiary consumers
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Shows a complex network of feeding relationships
Food web
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Is the study of the relationships among organisms and their environment
Ecology
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Emphasizes complicated feeding relationships and energy flow in an ecosystem
Food web
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Model distribution of energy and matter in an ecosystem
Pyramids
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Shows the distribution of energy among trophic levels
Energy pyramid
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Compare energy used by producers and other organisms on trophic levels
Energy pyramid
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Is a measure of the total dry mass of organisms given in an area
Biomass
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Shows the number of individual organisms at each trophic level in an ecosystem
Pyramid of numbers
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Every organisms have what
A habitat and a niche
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Is all aspects in which an organism lives
Habitat
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A habitat include
Biotic | Abiotic factors
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Includes all of the factors that a species needs to survive , stay healthy and reproduce
Niche
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Examples of things that a niche has
Food Abiotic conditions Behavior
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Occurs when 2 species use resources in the same way
Competition
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Keeps 2 species from occupying the same niche
Competitive exclusion
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Are species that occupy similar niches but live in different geographical regions
Ecological equivalents
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Organisms interact as
Individuals and population
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Are 2 important ways in which organisms interact
Competition and predation
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Occurs when 2 organisms fight for the same limited resource
Competition
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When one organism captures and eat another
Predation
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Both organisms benefit
Mutualism
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One organism is benefit the other is unharmed
Commensalism
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One organism benefits , the other is harmed
Parasitism
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Each population has a
Density , dispersion , and reproductive strategy
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Is a measurement of the number of individuals in a defined space
Population density
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Shows how individuals in a population are spaced
Geographic dispersion
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Refers to a population is spread in an area
Population dispersion
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Which are the 3 types of dispersion
Clumped dispersion Uniform dispersion Random dispersion
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Population grow in
Predictable patterns
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4 factors that affect the size of a population
Immigration Births Emigration Deaths
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Is a rapid population increase due to an abundance of resources
Exponential growth
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Is due to a population facing limited resources
Logistic growth
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Is the maximum number of individuals in a population that the environment can support
Carrying capacity
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Is a dramatic decline in the size of a population over a short period of time
Population crash
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Is something that keeps the size of a population down
Limiting factors
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Are affected by the number of individuals in a given area
Density-dependent limiting factors
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Is a process of change in the species that make up a community
Ecological succession
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Regenerates or creates a community after a disturbance
Succession
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Started by pioneer species
Primary succession
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Started by remaining species
Secondary succession
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Is one of earth's four interconnected systems
Biosphere
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The portion of the earth that is inhabited by life
Biosphere
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What does a biosphere include?
One of earth's system | Biota
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What are the other 3 systems?
Hydrosphere Atmosphere Geosphere
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Hydrosphere
Water
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Atmosphere
Air
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Geosphere
Geologic features
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Is a key abiotic factor that affects the biosphere
Climate
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Is the prevailing weather of a region
Climate
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Is then long term pattern of weather conditions
Climate
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Is the climate of a small specific place within a larger area
Microclimate
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Polar Temperate tropical
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