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Ecology Stack
For science warmup 1/4/2017, and for the test on 1/24/2017
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ecology | The study of Earth's ecosystems |
| Ecosystem | A system that includes all living organisms in an area, as well as their environment, functioning together as a unit |
| Dynamic | Always changing |
| Organism | Any single living thing, made of cells, such as an animal, plant, fungus, or bacterium. |
| The two factors that make up an ecosystem | Biotic and Abiotic factors |
| Biotic | A living component of an ecosystem |
| Abiotic | A non-living component of an ecosystem |
| Levels of Organization (smallest to largest possible) | Individual, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome, and Biosphere |
| The Biosphere | The part of Earth where all living things exist, containing all of the ecosystems on Earth |
| Biome | A very large *community*of plants and animals |
| Community | A group of different kinds of species, living in the same area, commonly interacting with each other |
| Population | A group of individuals belonging to the same species that live in the same region at the same time |
| Individual | A single living being, commonly referred to as an organism |
| Biodiversity | A wide variety (diversity) of living things (bio) |
| What Biodiversity is essential to | A healthy ecosystem |
| Habitat | The place where an organism or a population normally lives or can be found |
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