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ecology

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Ecology   is the scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their enviroment  
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Biosphere   contains the combined portions of the planet of which all life exisits  
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species   is a group of organisms so silmilar to one another that they can breed and produce ferile offsprings  
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population   is groups of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area  
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community   is a assemblags of different polpulations that live together in a defined area  
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ecosystem   of all the organisms that live in a particular place  
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autotroph   are organisms that use energy from the enviroment to fuel the assembly of simiple inorganic compounds into a complex organic molecules  
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heterotroph   organisms that rely on other organimsms for energy and for food  
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food web   are relationships among the various organisms in an ecosystem to form a network  
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trophic level   is each step in the food chain  
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biomass   total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level  
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biogeochemical cycle   process in which elements chemical compunds and other forms of matter are passed from one organisms to another and form one part of the biosphere to another  
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limiting nutrient   single nutrient that either is scarce or cycles very slowly limiting the growth of organisms in an ecosystem  
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weather   condition of earths atmosphere at a particular time and place  
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climate   average year after year conditions of temperature and precipitations in a particular region  
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green house effect   natural situation in which heat is retained in earths atmosphere by carbnon dioxide, methane, water vapor and other gasses  
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biotic factor   bilogical influences on organisms within an ecosystem  
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abiotic factor   physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem  
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niche   full range of physical and biology conditions in which an organisms lives and the way in which the organisms uses those conditions  
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logistic growth   growth pattern in which a populations growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponetial growth  
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carrying capacity   largest number of individuals of a population that a given enviroment can support  
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demography transition   change in population from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates  
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demography   scientific study of human populations  
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green revolution   the delopment of highly productive crop strains and the use of modern agricultural techniques to increase yields of food crops  
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renewable resource   resources that can regenerate quickly and that is replaceable  
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pollutant   harmful material that can enter the biosphere through air, land and water  
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biodiversity   bilogical diversirty: the sum total of the variety of organisms in the biosphere  
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biological magnificant   increasing concentration of a harmful substance in organisms at higher trophic levels in a food chain or food web  
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