scientific study of interactions among oragnisms and between organisms and their enviorment.

part of earth in which life excits including land,water, and air or atmosphere.

group of smiliar organisms that can breed and produce different fertile offsprings.

group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area.

assemblage of different populations that live together in defined area.

collection of all the organisms that live in in a particular place, together with their nonliving enviorment

organims that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer.

organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes; also called a consumer.

a network of complex interactions formed by the feeding realtionships among the various oraganisms in a ecosytem.

step in a food chain or food web.

total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level.

process in which elements, chemical compounds, and other forms of matter are passed from one prganism to another and form one part of the biosphere to another.

condition of earths atmosphere at a particular time and place.

average year-after-year conditions of temperature and precipitation in a particular region.

natural situation in which heat is retained in earth;s atmosphere by carbon dioxide, mathane, water vapor, and other gasses.

biological influences on organisms within an ecosystem.

physical, or nonliving,factor that shapen an ecosystem.

full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the way the oganims lives and the way in which the organism uses those conditions.

growth pattern in which a populations growth rate slow or stops flollowing a period of expontential growth.

largest number of individuals of a population that a given enviorment can support.

scientific study of human poipulations.

demographic transition

change in the population from high birth and death rates to low birth and deatrh rates.

the development of highly productive crop strains and the uses of modern argricultural techniques to increase yields of food crops.

resource that can regenerate quickly and that is replacable.

harmful material that can enter the biosphere throught the land, air, or water.

biological magnification

increasing concentration of a harmful substance in organisms at higher trophic levels in a food chain or food web

bilogical diversity; the sumtotal of the variety of organisms in the organism.

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ecology	scientific study of interactions among oragnisms and between organisms and their enviorment.
biosphere	part of earth in which life excits including land,water, and air or atmosphere.
species	group of smiliar organisms that can breed and produce different fertile offsprings.
population	group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area.
community	assemblage of different populations that live together in defined area.
ecosystem	collection of all the organisms that live in in a particular place, together with their nonliving enviorment
autotroph	organims that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer.
heterotroph	organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes; also called a consumer.
food web	a network of complex interactions formed by the feeding realtionships among the various oraganisms in a ecosytem.
trophic level	step in a food chain or food web.
biomass	total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level.
biochemical cycle	process in which elements, chemical compounds, and other forms of matter are passed from one prganism to another and form one part of the biosphere to another.
weather	condition of earths atmosphere at a particular time and place.
climate	average year-after-year conditions of temperature and precipitation in a particular region.
greenhouse effect	natural situation in which heat is retained in earth;s atmosphere by carbon dioxide, mathane, water vapor, and other gasses.
biotic factor	biological influences on organisms within an ecosystem.
abiotic factor	physical, or nonliving,factor that shapen an ecosystem.
Niche	full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the way the oganims lives and the way in which the organism uses those conditions.
logostic growth	growth pattern in which a populations growth rate slow or stops flollowing a period of expontential growth.
carrying capacity	largest number of individuals of a population that a given enviorment can support.
demography	scientific study of human poipulations.
demographic transition	change in the population from high birth and death rates to low birth and deatrh rates.
green revoltuion	the development of highly productive crop strains and the uses of modern argricultural techniques to increase yields of food crops.
renewable resource	resource that can regenerate quickly and that is replacable.
polluntant	harmful material that can enter the biosphere throught the land, air, or water.
biological magnification	increasing concentration of a harmful substance in organisms at higher trophic levels in a food chain or food web
biodiversity	bilogical diversity; the sumtotal of the variety of organisms in the organism.

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