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18 Cards in this Set
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What are the two ways human beings can recognize nature?
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They can recognize nature in scientific or non-scientific ways.
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How is this environmental knowledge transferred?
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It is transferred within one generation and between generations.
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What does ecology study?
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Ecology studies the relations between living organisms and the environment where they are located.
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What is autecology?
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The relations of one organism and its environment.
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What is demecology?
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The relations between a population and its environment.
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What is synecology?
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The relations between a biotic community and its environment.
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How is a population understood?
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A population is understood as a group of individuals of one sort living together.
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What is biocenosis?
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(BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY) A term used for more plant and animal communities living together in certain interrelations, it does not include biotic factors.
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What is an ecosystem?
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An ecosystem is a system which is composed of lifeless parts (ecotop) and living organisms (biocenosis).
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What is the largest ecosystem?
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The biosphere - it is the part of the globe where living organisms exist.
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What does the biological subsystem of every ecosystem consist of?
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There are three types of living oganisms:
1) producers 2) consumers 3) reducers or decomposers |
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What is the food chain?
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The transfer of energy and substances in food from its plant source through several organisms, which consumer and are consumed.
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In which direction does energy flow in?
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It only flows in one direction from the sun.
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What is heredity?
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Heredity secures a certain constancy of features.
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What is adaptability?
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Adaptability makes it possible for an organism to react to changes in living conditions, and to some extent, adapt to new conditions.
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How does nature have an assimilation capacity?
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Nature has the ability, with the help of self-regulating mechanisms, to conciliate with some external impacts, like water, air, and soil pollution.
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What is positive knowledge?
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Explaining reality.
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What is normative knowledge?
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Providing advice on what problems we should focus on, the recommended solutions to problems, etc.
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