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Ecology
Branch of Science-studies living organisms, their interactions with each other and with their environments-interdependence of life
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The Biosphere
A thin layer around Earth
Several Km above the Earth’s surfaceseveral Km below the ocean’s surface
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The Biosphere
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Biotic FactorsLiving factors in an organism’s environment
Abiotic FactorsNonliving factors in an organism’s environment
Organisms adapt to survive in the abiotic factors present in their natural environment.
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Levels of OrganizationLevels increase in complexity as the numbers and interactions between organisms increase.
organismpopulationbiological
communityecosystembiomebiosphere
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Organisms of a single species that share the same geographic location at the same time make up a population.
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A biological community is a group of interacting populations that occupy the same geographic area at the same time.
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An ecosystem is a biological community and all of the abiotic factors that affect it.
A biome is a large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have similar types of communities.
Organisms and Their Relationships
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Energy in an Ecosystem
Autotrophs
Organism that collects energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to produce food
Heterotrophs
Organism that gets it energy requirements byconsuming other organisms
A lynx is a heterotroph.
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ecosystem, and return nutrients to the soil, air, and water where the nutrients can be reused by organisms.
Detritivores eat fragments of dead matter in an
Fungus
Flow of Energy in an Ecosystem
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Models of Energy Flow
Food chains and food webs model the energy flow through an ecosystem.
Each step in a food chain or food web is called a trophic level.
Flow of Energy in an Ecosystem
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Food Chains
A food chain is a simple model that shows how energy flows through an ecosystem.
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Food Webs
A food web - the many interconnected food chains and pathways in which energy flows through a group of organisms.
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Ecological Pyramids
A diagram that can shows the relative amounts of energy, biomass, or numbers of organisms at each trophic level in an ecosystem