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why do ecologist ask questions about events and organisms that range in complexity from an individual to the biosphere

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understand relationships with the biosphere

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species

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group of organism so similar to one another that the can breed and produce fertile offspring

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populations

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a group of individuals that belong to the same species adn live in the same area

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community

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assemblages or different populations that live together in adefined area

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ecosystem

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

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biome

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a group of ecosystems that have the same climate and dominate communities

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what is the highest level of organization that ecologist study

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entire bisphere

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3 basic approaches scientist us to conduct modern ecological research

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observing, experiment, modeling

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why might ecologist set up an artificial environment in a laboratory

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intimate and manipulate conditions that organisms would encounter in the natural world

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why are many ecological phenomena difficult to study

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occur over a long period of time or on such large spatial scales

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why do ecologist make models

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gain insight into complex phenomena such as the effects of global warming on the ecosystem

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what is the core of every organism’s inter reaction with the environment

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need for energy to power life’s processess

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what source of energy do organisms use that dont use the suns energy

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inorganic chemical compounds

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autotrophs

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only plants, some algae, and certain bacteria can capture energy from the sunlight or chemicals and use that energy to produce food

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why are autotrophs also called producers

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they make their own food

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what do autotrophs do during photosynthesis

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use light energy to power chemical reactions that convert carbon-dioxide and water into oxygen and energy rich carbhydrates such as sugars and starches

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what kind of autotroph is the main on land

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plants

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what is the main kind of autotroph in upper layers of ocean

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algae

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what is the main autotroph in tidal flats and salt marshes

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photosynthetic

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what are chemosynthesis

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organisms use chemical energy to produce carbohydrates

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heterotrophs are also called what

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consumers

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detretress

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plant and animal remains and other dead matter

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herbivore

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animal that only eats plants ( cows, rabbits)

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carnivore

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organism that only eats meat (snakes, dogs, owls)

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omnivore

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organism that eats plants and animals (humans, bears, and crow)

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detritivore

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heterotroph that feeds on dead matter (mites, earthworms, crabs, and snails)

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decomposers

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breaks down organic matter (bacteria, fungi)

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how does energy flow through an ecosystem

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it flows through an ecosystem in one direction from the sun and inorganic systems to autotrophs and then to varies heterotrophs

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food chain

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a series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

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food web

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networks of complex interactions formed by the feeding relationships among various organisms in any ecosystem

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what does a food web link together

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all the food chains in the ecosystem

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what is a trophic level

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one of the levels in a food chain or a food web

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in a food web, what organisms make up the first trophic level

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producers

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what does a consumer in a food chain depend on for energy

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producers that would be on a lower level

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what is an ecological pyramid

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diagram that shows the relative amount of energy, contained with trophic level

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only what level is producers

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1st

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what is a biomass

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it is the total amount of living tissue within a trophic level

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what does a biomass pyramid represents

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represents the amount of potential food in that level

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what does a pyramid of numbers show

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number of organisms in each trophic level

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why can each trophic level support only about one tenth the amount of living tissue as the level below it

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each trophic level harvest only .1% of energy from the level below it

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what is ecology

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scientific stufy of interactions among and between organisms and their surroundings/ environment

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