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What is Ecology? |
Ecology is the study of organisms interacting with each other and the environment |
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What is an ecologist?? |
A scientist who studies interactions between biotic and abiotic things |
Biotic and abiotic |
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Give examples of biotic and abiotic things |
Biotic: anything living - plants and animals Abiotic: anything non living- rocks, clock |
Living and non living |
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How do ecologists divide our world in manageable divisions? |
They divide it into different biomes Tundra, Boreal forest, Ice, Grasslands, tropical forest, Temperate forest and deserts |
There are 7 different biomes |
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Individual |
A single organism |
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Population |
A group of organisms of the same species in one geographical are |
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Community |
An association of different populations of organisms in a particular environment or geographical area |
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Ecosystems |
All the interacting parts of a biological community and its environment |
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Biome |
A region of land that contains certain kinds of organisms, particularly plants |
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Does nitrogen go through cycles??? |
YES |
Yes or no |
