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INTERACTIONS AND INTERPENDENCE:
WHAT IS ECOLOGY? |
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Definition
| THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF INTERACTIONS AMONG ORGANISMS AND BETWEEN ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT OR SURRONDINGS |
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LEVELS OF ORGANISMS:
WHAT ARE THE LEVELS OF ORGANISMS?? |
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Definition
| SPECIES,POPULATIONS,COMMUNITIES,ECOSYSTEM |
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ECOLOGICAL METHOD:
WHAT ARE THE ECOLOGICAL METHODS?? |
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Definition
| OBSERVING, EXPERIMENTING, MODELING |
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PRODUCERS:
WHAT IS AUTOTROPHS?? |
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Definition
| PLANTS, SOME ALGAE AND CERTAIN BACTERIAS CAPTURE ENERGY FROM SUNLIGHT OR CHEMICALS AND USE THAT ENERGY TO PRODUCE FOOD., |
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CONSUMERS:
WHAT ARE THE FIVE CONSUMERS??? |
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Definition
| HERBIVORES,CARNIVORES,OMNIVORES,DETRITVORES, DECOMPOSERS |
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FEEDING RELATIONSHIPS:
WHAT IS THE FOOD CHAIN?? |
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Definition
| A SERIES OF STEPS IN WHICH ORGANISMS TRANSFER ENERGY BY EATING AND BEING EATEN |
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ECOLOGICAL PYRAMIDS:
WHAT ARE THE THREE PYRAMIDS |
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Definition
| THE ENERGY PYRAMID, THE BIOMASS POYRAMID, AND THE PYRAMID OF NUMBERS |
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RECYCLING IN THE BIOSPHERE:
WHAT IS BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES??? |
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Definition
| THEY CONNECT BIOLOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF THE BIOSPHERE |
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THE WATER CYCLE:
WHAT IS EVAPORATION?? |
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Definition
| THE PROCESS BY WHICH WATER CHANGES FROM LIQUID FORM TO AN ATMOSPHERIC GAS IS CALLED |
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NUTRIENT CYCLES:
NAME THREE NUTRIENT CYCLES?? |
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Definition
| THE CARBON CYCLE, THE NITROGEN CYCLE, AND THE PHOSPHORUS CYCLE |
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NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS:
WHAT ARE THE NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS?? |
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| PRIMARYPRODUCTIVITY, LIMITING NUTRIENT, ALGAL BLOOM |
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