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Vocabulary-Kelsey
Chapter 3 section 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Biosphere | consist of all life on earth and all parts of the earth in which life exists. |
| Species | an individale organism |
| Population | group of the same species |
| Community | different populations in a group |
| Ecosystem | all organisms that live in a place together |
| Biome | a group of ecosystems that share similiar climates and typical organisms. |
| Ecology | study of organisms and how they interact with each other and their environment. |
| Biotic Factor | any living part of the environment |
| Abiotic Factor | any nonliving part of the envirnoment |
| What three methods do ecologists use? | observation, experimentation, and modeling |
| Observation | the first step in asking an ecologists |
| Experimentation | used to test hypotheses |
| Modeling | makes them understand something |