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Fertile offspring

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Descendants of interbreeding and are capable of producing new offspring

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Cross breeding

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Members of a different species breed together

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Populations

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Group of organisms of same species that live in a particular area at the same time

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Trophic level

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Position of organism in a food chain

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Abiotic factors

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Non-living factors, such as pH, salinity, wind, speed, type of soil

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Autotrophic nutrition

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Organisms capable of making their own complex organic molecules from co2 and other simple compounds

All plants are capable of autotrophic nutrition

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Heterotrophic nutrition

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Organisms that obtain organic compounds from organisms through feeding

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Consumers

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Heterotrophs that feed on living organisms by ingestion

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Detritivores

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Heterotrophs that obtain their organic compounds from detritus by internal digestion

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Sapotrophs

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Heterotrophs obtaining organic nutrients from dead matter by external digestion

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Communities

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Formed by populations of different species living together and interacting with each other

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Ecosystems

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A community and its abiotic environment

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Nutrient cycles

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Supply of inorganic nutrients maintained by nutrient cycle

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What are the 3 requirements for sustainability in ecosystems?

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Nutrient availability
Detoxification of waste products
Energy availability

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There are 3 forms of carbon

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Co2
Methane
Calcium carbonate

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Anaerobic conditions

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Without air/oxygen

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Species

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Group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring

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Peat formation

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Forms when organic matter is not fully decomposed because of anaerobic conditions in water logged soils

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Pool

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A reserve of the element which is organic or inorganic

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Flux

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Transfer of element from one pool to another

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Methanogenesis

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Methane is produced from organic matter in anaerobic conditions

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