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Intro to Ecology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ecology | the scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment, or surroundings |
| Ernest Haeckel | a German biologist who coined the word "ecology" in 1866 |
| biosphere | part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere |
| species | a group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring |
| populations | groups of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area |
| communities | assemblages of different populations that live together in the defined area |
| biome | a group of ecosystems that have the same climate and similar dominant communites |