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What is Ecology?
Chapter 3 section 1
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Organisms individual living things Species groups of organism that can breed to make new offspring that are fertile
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organism
population
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Populations
All the members of the same species living in the same place at the same time
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Communities
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Ecosystem
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BIOMES
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BIOSPHERE
The land, the water, the air and all the living things and non living things that exist there.
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Any group of living and non-living things interacting with each other Can be as small as a puddle or as large as the Earth
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Biotic
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Abiotic
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Chapter 3 sectio
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Source of energy
Obtain convert Able to energy consumers Producers from eating the energy of the plantsor other sun or chemicals animals to make food
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Producers
With light Able to make their own food from light energy Known as 5/19/12 Autotrophs or
Producers
Without lig
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Chemosyn thesis organisms take energy in chemicals and convert that into
It is estimated Algae that 70-80 % of earths oxygen comes from the ocean Chemosynthesis Some organism use chemicals like hydrogen sulfide to make
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Types of Consumers
herbivores Obtain their energy from eating plant roots, leaves, fruit, nuts, seeds
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Types of Consumers
carnivore Obtain their energy from killing and eating other animals
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Types of Consumers
omnivore Obtain their energy from eating both plants and animals
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Types of Consumers
decomposer Obtain their energy by breaking down organic material into detritus
Types of Consumers
detrivore Obtain their energy by breaking down detritus particles into smaller pieces
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Types of Consumers
scavangers Obtain their energy by consuming the remains of dead organisms that they did not kill
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