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originally ecology framed as a framework for understanding the relationship of...
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humans to their environment
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ecology comes from the Greek word ..
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oikos
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what does the greek word oikos mean
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the family household
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what do ecologist refer to as an ecosystem
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An environment which includes both the physical conditions and the array of organisms that coexist within its confines.
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what does the -system in ecosystem imply
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that the ecosystem functions as a collection of parts that function as a unit
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What are the two basic interacting components of an ecosystem and define each.
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biotic- living (think biology)
abiotic-nonliving |
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What, according to ecology, is a population
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a group of individuals in the same species that occupy a given area
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define community
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all populations of different species living and interacting within an ecosystem
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define landscape
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an area of land or water composed of a patchwork of communities and ecosystems
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this gives rise to regional patterns in the geographic distribution of ecosystems
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the broad-scale patterns of climate and geology characterizing our planet
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