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| scientific study of interactions between organisms and their environments, offers a different perspective on life |
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| (all of the organisms in the area) make up the living component of the environment |
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| includes abiotic and biotic factors of its surroundings |
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| concerned with the evolutionary adaptations that enable organisms to meet the challenges posted by their abiotic environments |
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| concentrates mainly on factors that affect population density and growth |
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| how interactions between species, such as predation and competition, affect community structure and organization |
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| all abiotic factors in addition to the community of species in a certain area |
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| energy flow and the cycling of chemicals among the various biotic and abiotic factors |
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| global ecosystem-the sum of all the planet's ecosystems, or all of life and where it lives |
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| Why is solar energy such an important factor for most ecosystems? |
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| Solar energy captured by the process of photosynthesis provides most of the organic fuel and building material for the organisms in those ecosystems |
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| gradual, though still reversible, physiological adjustment that ours in response to an environmental change |
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| group of individuals of the same species living in a particular geographic area |
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| all of the organisms that inhabit a particular area; an assemblage of populations of different species |
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| large scale:african savannah, coral reef, desert. local scale:lake. micro scale: in soil (anaerobic/aerobic) |
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| lacking or not requiring molecular oxygen |
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| containing or requiring molecular oxygen |
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| abiotic factors of the biosphere |
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| energy source, temperature, water, inorganic nutrients, terrestrial, aquatic |
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| plant growth; the distribution and abundance of photosynthetic organisms, including plants, algae, and photosynthetic bacteria, depend on the availability of inorganic nutrients |
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| photoautotrophs, chemoautotrophs, heterotrophs |
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| things that use light as energy source; plants and algae/protists, bacteria, archaea |
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| things that get energy from inorganic compounds; hypothermal vents/caves,extremophiles(imp in genetic engineering) |
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| energy by eating; animals, fungi, protist, bacteria, archaea, few plants |
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| species with no color/small eyes or no eyes/give off light |
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| important because of its effect on metabolism; tendency to tolerate warm weather rather than cold(cold temp destroy enzymes of most organisms) |
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| must depend on oxygen dissolved in water; cold fast moving water has a higher oxygen content; saltiness |
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| wind increases organism's rate of water loss by evaporation; saltiness |
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| may be pollutants in water, they are nutrients in soil |
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| limiting nutrient in salt water; major source: human sewage; animal manure, fertilizers |
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| limiting nutrient in freshwater; major source: detergents/fertilizers |
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| organisms can respond to environment but not evolve, only population can evolve |
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| or lack of, can lead to evolution population |
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| physiological response to environment |
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| body's response to temp; hot-sweat; cold-contracting skin muscles |
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| anatomical response to environment |
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| change in body shape or structure; animals fur thicker in winter or changes color |
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| behavioral response to environment |
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| migrate, hibernate, move in and out of shady areas |
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| A new science that studies nature's models and then uses these designs and processes to solve human problems; nature engineer |
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| randomn variation, competition, natural selection, evolution; must be effective, efficient, practical, robust, flexible |
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| velcro,wind turbins, gecko, cars, airplanes, solar pannels |
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| major terrestrial or aquatic life zone, characterized by vegetation type in terrestrial biomes and the physical environments in aquatic biomes |
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| shallow water near shore and the upper layer of water way from shore |
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| where light levels are too low to support photosynthesis (deep lakes) |
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| bottom of all aquatic biomes, made up of sand and organic and inorganic sediments |
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| microscopic algae and cyanobacteria in aquatic biomes |
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| cover less than 1% of earth; fall into 2 broad groups:standing water, which includes lakes and ponds, and flowing water, such as rivers and streams. diff in water movements results in profound differences in ecosystem structure |
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