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Ecology |
The scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment |
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Biosphere |
Contains the combined portions of the planet in which all of life exists including land, water and air or atmosphere |
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Species |
A group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring |
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Populations |
Groups of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area |
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Communities |
Assemblages of different populations that live in the same area |
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Ecosystem |
A collection of all organisms that live in a particular place together with their nonliving environment |
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Biome |
A group of ecosystems that have the same climate and dominant communities |
