Ecology

Question 1

The Atmospher+lithosphere+hydroshere make up the

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Biosphere

Question 2

ecosystem

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A specific and self-maintaining stable area consisting of all the different populations which interact with each other and with their non-living physical environment.

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Biotic

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Living organisms in an environment eg. algae grass, animals, insects, trees

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Environment

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Everything that surrounds an organism and that could possibly influence it. It consists of all the external factors.

Question 5

Earths Air/gasses are a part of the

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Atmosphere

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Abiotic components

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Non-living

Non-living features in an environment eg. Wind, Temperature, rocks, soil, water, bricks

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Interdependence of organisms

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Interdependence means the way in which organisms interact with and depend on each other in order to feed, grow develop and reproduce.

Question 8

Earths crust, soil etc. is a part of the

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Lithosphere

Question 9

Earths water bodies are a part of the

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hydrosphere

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habitat

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The natural place in an environment in which a given plant or animal usually lives, he feeds, grows, develops, and reproduces.

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community

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This comprises all the plant and animal populations that occupy a.
a particular area, i.e. it consists of a number of different populations.

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population

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A group of individuals (plants and animals) of the same species … Living in the same place at the same time.

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organisms

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The individual living plant or animals e.g. water-plant, oak tree, protea, tadpole, fish, beetle, zebra

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Ecology

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The study of the interactions between living organisms, i.e. plants and animals, with each other and with the non-living environment in which they live.