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Ecology
Ecology
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Biology
9th Grade
06/16/2008

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What is Ecology?
Definition
The study of the interaction of organisms with other organisms and their environment.
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What are abiotic factors?
Definition
Nonliving organisms
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What are biotic factors?
Definition
Living Factors
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What is a habitat?
Definition
A place where an organism lives.
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What is a niche?
Definition
The combination of an organism, its role, and its habitat.
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What is the biosphere?
Definition
The thin volume of Earth and its atmosphere that supports life.
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What is an ecosystem?
Definition
All living and non-living things found in a place.
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What is a community?
Definition
All interacting organisms living in an area.
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What is a population?
Definition
All of the members of one species that live in an area.
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What is an organism?
Definition
An individual living thing.
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What are three types of Symbiotic Relationships?
Definition
Mutualism, Commensalism, and Parasitism. (Know what they are)
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