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Bio 18.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| interdependence | organisms interact with other organisms in their surroundings & with the nonliving portion of their environment & their survival depends on it |
| ecological models | a model may be phusical, conceptual, or mathemetical. ecologists construct models to help them understand environmental interactions and to make predictions about possible changes. widely used to help plan and evaluate solutions to environmental problems |
| biosphere | the most inclusive level of organization, thin volume of Earth and its atmosphere that supports life. all organisms are found within |
| ecosystem | smaller units found in the biosphere that includes all the organisms and the nonliving environment found in a particular place |
| community | a community is all the interacting organisms living in an area |
| population | includes all the members of a speicies that live in one place at one time |