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what is ecology
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Its the scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their envoirment or surrounding's
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what does the biosphere contain
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land water and air
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why do ecologists ask questions about events and organisms that range in complexity from an individual to the biosphere.
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to understand relationships within the biosphere
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spieces
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a group so similar to one another that they can breed fertile offspring
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population
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A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
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community
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assemblages of different populations that lie together in a defined area
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ecosystem
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collection of all the organisms that live in a certian place together with living or or physial envoirment
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what is the highest level of organisms that ecologists study
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the entire biosphere
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what are three approaches scientists use to conduct modern ecological reaserch
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observing expermenting and modeling
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