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| The scientific study of living organisms and their relationships with each other and their environment. |
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| How can we study ecology? |
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| By doing experiments, making observation, and making models. |
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| The portion of the Earth that supports life |
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| Factors in an organism's environment that are alive |
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| Examples of biotic factors |
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| Bacteria, plants, other animals |
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| Non-living factors in an organisms's environment |
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| Examples of abiotic factors |
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| Temperature, sunlight, rainfall, minerals in soil, wind |
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| a group of organisms of the same species that interbreed and live in the same location |
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| All the populations of species that live in the same place at the same time |
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| All the living organisms of a community and the abiotic factors that affect it. |
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| A large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have similar types of communities |
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| An area where an organism lives - it's address. |
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| The role or position that an organism has in its environment - how it gets it food, shelter, etc. It's occupation. |
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| In interaction where more than one organism uses a resource at the same time. |
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| The act of one organism consuming (eating) another organism for food |
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| The organisms that pursues another organism - the hunter |
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| The organism that is hunted for food. |
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| Two different species living closely together. |
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| Symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit. |
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| Lichen - a relationship between an alga and a fungus. |
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| Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is not helped or harmed. |
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| Cattle and birds: the cow eats grass and disturbs insects. The birds eat the insects but the cow doesn't benefit. |
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| Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and one is harmed. |
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| Parasite that feeds on the surface of the host organism. |
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| Examples of an ectoparasite |
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| Parasite that lives inside the body of the host |
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| Examples of endoparasites |
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