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ecology   scientific study of interactions among organsims and between organsims and their enviroment  
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biosphere   part of Earth in which life exsists including land, water, and air or atmoshere  
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species   a group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring  
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population   group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area  
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community   assemblage of a different populations that live together in a define area  
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ecosystem   collection of all the organisms that live in a perticular place, all together without their nonliving enviroment  
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autotroph   organism that can capture energy from sinlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer  
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heterotrouph   organsi that obtains energy from the foods it consumes; also called a consumer  
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food web   network of complex interactions formed by the feeding relationships among the various organsims in an ecosystem  
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trophic level   step in a food chain or food web  
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biomass   total amount ot living tissue within a given trophic level  
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biogeochemical cyle   process in whcin elements, chemical compounds, and other forms of matter are passed from one organism to another and from one part of the bioshere to another  
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limiting nutrients   single nutrients that eitehr is scarce or cycles very slowly, limiting the growth of organisms in an ecosystem  
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weather   condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place  
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climate   average year-after-year conditions of temperature and precipitation  
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greenhouse effect   natural situation in which heat it retained in Earth's atmosphere  
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abiotic factor   physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem  
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niche   the wat in which the organisms use thoughs condtions  
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logistic growth   growth rate slows or stops following a period of expotential growth  
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caryying capacity   largest number of individuals of a population that a given enviroment can support  
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demography   scientific study of human populations  
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demographic transition   change in population from high birth and death rates to low brith and death rates  
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green revolution   techniques to increase yeilds of food crops  
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renewable resource   resources that can regenerate  
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pollutant   harmful material that can enter the biosphere throught the land, air, or water  
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biodiversity   biological diversity; the sum of the total variety of organsims in the bioshere  
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biological magnifications   increasong consentration of a harmful substance in organsims at higher trophic levels in a food chain or food web  
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