Chapter 18 Part 1

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Ecology

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The study of the interactions that take place between organisms and their environment

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Biotic Factors

Back 2

anything living (plants, animals)

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Abiotic Factors

Back 3

non living (water, air, minerals, temperature,ect...)

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Biosphere

Back 4

the global ecosystem

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Organismal Ecology

Back 5

The study of EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATIONS that enable individual ORGANISMS to meet the challenges posed by their ABIOTIC environments.

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Population Ecology

Back 6

Study of POPULATION DENSITY & GROWTH

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Community Ecology

Back 7

The study of how INTERACTIONS between SPECIES, such as predation and competition, AFFECT community structure and organization.

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Ecosystem Ecology

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The cycling of energy and matter through the biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem.

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Four Laws of Ecology

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1.Everything is connected to everything else
2.Everything must go somewhere
3.Nature knows best
4.There is no such thing as a free lunch

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ecosystem

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a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

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1. LOE- Every is connected to everything else

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There is one ecosphere for all living organisms.
WHAT AFFECTS ONE AFFECTS ALL. Humans and other species are connected/dependant on a number of other species.

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2. LOE- Everything must go somewhere

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There is no "AWAY" to which things can be THROWN. Ex: burn wood,doesn't disappear, turns into smoke which rises into the air, and ash, which falls back down to the earth.

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3. LOE- Nature knows best

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Humankind uses technology to improve upon nature, but such a change is likely to be DETRIMENTAL to that system.
Ex: loss of wetlands for water purification technologies. Flooding

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4. LOE- No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

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All our ACTIONS will have CONSEQUENCES - pollution

Exploitation of nature will lead to once useful resources becoming USELESS.