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relationships, levels of organization, ecology basics

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branch of biology that studies the relationships among organisms and the interaction of the organisms with their environment   ECOLOGY  
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portion of earth that supports life. Literally "ball of life" but only a small portion of this supports life... a thin layer several km. above earth into atmosphere and several km. below ocean surface to deep-ocean vents   BIOSPHERE  
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living factors in organism's environment   BIOTIC FACTORS  
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nonliving factors in organism's environment ..including temperature, amount of sunlight, type of soil etc   ABIOTIC FACTORS  
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What is added to a community to make an ecosystem   ABIOTIC FACTORS  
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Smallest unit of MATTER ... join together to make molecules   atoms  
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things like water or carbon dioxide that are made of different atoms joined together with chemical bonds   molecules  
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nitrogen base molecules, can join with sugar molecules and phosphate molecules to form DNA nucleotides with can join together to make a ______ called DNA   macromolecule  
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macromolecules can join together to form things such as mitochondria, chloroplasts or a nucleus within a cell   organelles  
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The smallest unit of life... the smallest unit of structure and function in organisms.   Cells  
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One cell can live independently in an environment and would be considered to be at the ___ level of organization   organism  
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similar cells can join together for a certain function .. examples of these may be nervous or muscular____   Tissue  
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Various tissues join together to form ______ that performs a certain function   an organ  
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the stomach, liver, pancreas, intestines, esophagus and other organs get together to form a/an   organ system ( okay to just call system)  
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all of the organ systems get together to form a multicellular ____   organism  
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organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time are called a/an   population  
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group of interacting populations in the same area at the same time   community  
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a biological community and all the abiotic factors that affect it   ecosystem  
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This ecological level of organization can be small or large , the boundaries can be flexible and change...these can also overlap   ecosystem  
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a group of ecosystems that share the same climate and types of communities   biome  
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all of the biomes combine to join the ____   biosphere  
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Temperature, humidity, and windspeed are examples of ____ environmental factors   abiotic  
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predators, plants, fungi, and bacteria are examples of _____ environmental factors   biotic  
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the area where an organism lives is called their____   habitat  
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All of the trout in a stream   POPULATION  
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physical location a community, population and individual live and to which it is adapted   habitat  
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a dung beetle uses animal droppings as a food source   niche  
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general habitat of a shark   ocean  
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fungus and bacteria are decomposers in an environment. This is describing their____   niche  
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the role or position ( job) that an organism has in its environment...it can also be thought of as how the organism meets its needs for food, shelter, and reproduction   niche  
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when more than one organism uses a resource at the same time ( resources are food, water , space, light)   competition  
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the act of one animal consuming another for food   predation  
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organism that pursues another organism for food   predator  
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the bird or mouse that a cat can catch in order to eat it   prey  
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close relationship that occurs when two species ( it can be more) live together... one needs to benefit should be a prolonged relationship   symbiosis  
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what are three types of symbiosis   mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism  
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symbiosis where both species benefit   mutualism  
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symbiosis where one species is benefited and the other has a neutral reactions ( not harmed or helped)   commensalism  
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symbiosis where one species is benefited and the relationship is costly to the other   parasitism  
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Name an external and an internal parasite   flea, tapeworms ( other acceptable answers-look them up)  
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physical environment that surrounds ( influences and is used by) a population   habitat  
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A mutualistic relationship between a fungus and algae ..where the fungus provides habitat for the algae and the algae provides food for both of them   Lichen  
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An orchid or bromeliad on a rainforest tree. the bromeliad or orchid is getting more sunlight for growth and the rainforest tree does not appear to be harmed   commensalism  
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Usually the parasite does not ______ the host, but it does ________ the host   kill, harm or weaken  
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