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| THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF INTERACTIONS AMONG ORGANISMS AND BETWEEN ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT, OR SURRONDINGS |
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| CONTAINS THE COMBINED PORTIONS OF THE PLANET IN WHICH ALL OF LIFE EXIST INCLUDING LAND, WATER, AND AIR OR ATMOSPHERE |
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| A GROUP OF ORGANISMS SO SIMILAR TO ONE ANOTHER THAT THEY CAN BREED AND PRODUCE FERTILE OFFSPRING |
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| GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT BELONG TO THE SAME SPECIES AND LIVE IN THE SAME AREA. |
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| ASSEMBLYS OF DIFFERENT POPULATIONS THAT LIVE TOGETHER IN A DEFINED AREA |
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| A COLLECTION OF ALL THE ORGANISMS THAT LIVE IN A DEFIND AREA |
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| A GROUP OF ECOSYSTEMS THAT HAVE THE SAME CLIMATE AND SIMILAR DOMINAT COMMUNITIES |
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| REGARDLESS OF THE TOOLS THEY USE SCIENTIST CONDUCT MODERN ECOLOGIST RESEARCH USING THREE BASIC APPROACHES: OBSERVING ,EXPERIMENTING, AND MODELING . ALL OF THESE APPROACHES RELY ON THE APPLICATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC METHODS TO GUIDE ECOLOGICAL INQUIRY |
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| OBSERVING IS OFTEN THE FIRST STEP IN ASKING ECOLOGIST QUESTIONS. SOME OBSERVATIONS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT THAN OTHERS |
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| OBSERVING IS OFTEN THE FIRST STEP IN ASKING ECOLOGIST QUESTIONS. SOME OBSERVATIONS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT THAN OTHERS |
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| (ENERGY IS NEEDED TO POWER EVERYTHING IN LIFE. SUNLIGHT IS THE MAIN ENERGY FOR LIFE ON EARTH) PRODUCES ORGANISMS THAT MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD.. |
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| THEY USE ENERGY FROM THE SUN TO MAKE FOOD THIS IS (PHOTOSYNTHESIS)CONSUMERS |
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| GET ENERGY FROM OTHER ORGANISMS |
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| EXPERIMENTS CAN BE USED TO TEST HYPOTHESIS |
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| ECOLOGIST MAKE MODELS TO GAIN INSIGHT INTO COMPLEX PHENOMINA SUCH AS THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING ON ECOSYSTEMS |
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| CONSIST OF MATHEMATICAL FORMULAS LOSED ON DATA COLLECTED THROUGH OBSERVASTIONS AND EXPERIMENTATIONS |
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| ONE OFTEN TESTED BY FURTHER OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS |
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| GET ENERGY FROM OTHER ORGANISMS |
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HERBIVORS (EAT PLANTS)>>>
CARNIVORS (EAT ANIMALS)>>>
OMNIVORES (EAT PLANTS AND ANIMALS)>>> |
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-THREE BREAK DOWN ORGANIC MATTER
ENERGY FLOWS IN AN ECOSYSTEM
ENERGY FLOWS IN ONE DIRECTION
ENERGY STORED BY PRODUCERS IS PASSED IN A FOOD CHAIN TO CONSUMERS |
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