FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY

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_______ means house or place to live

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oikos

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study of the relation of organisms or groups of organisms to their environment

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ecology

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science treating of reciprocal relations of organisms and the external world

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Ernst Haeckel

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study of the structure and function of nature

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Eugene Odum

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genes, cells, organs, organisms, populations, communities

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biotic level

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matter and energy

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abiotic components

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genetic systems, cell systems, organ systems, organismic systems, population systems, ecosystems

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biosystems

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ecosphere, all of Earth’s living organisms interacting with the physical environment as a whole so as to maintain a steady-state system intermediate in the flow of energy between the high energy input of the sun and thermal sink of space

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biosphere

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study of individual organism

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autecology

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study organisms as a group which associate together as a unit

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synecology

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displays order and harmony, dynamism, and balance; unit of natural space where organisms react with each other and with the physical environment

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ecosystem

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ecosystem is also considered as?

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biome type in specific location

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ecosystem is composed of

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producers, consumers, scavengers, and decomposers

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synthesize organic matter from inorganic materials

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producers

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heterotrophs, may be herbivore, carnivore, or omnivore

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consumers

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animals that feed on dead animals

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scavengers

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big scavengers which are facilitating access to food

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ecological integrators

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reconverts organic matter into inorganic substances

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decomposers

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home and marks the area, locale where animals can find shelter

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habitat

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specific roles being performed in the ecosystem; designates the definite function of an organism

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ecological niche

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trace the movements of substances at the elemental and molecular level; cycles that integrate the biotic and abiotic into one cohesive whole

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biogeochemical cycle

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processes that change nitrogen

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lightning and nitrogen fixation

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converts ammonia to nitrates

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nitrifying bacteria

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convert nitrate to atmospheric nitrogen

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denitrifying bacteria

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CO2 is incorporated into plants through photosynthesis

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carbon cycle

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agent of movement of nutrients

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water

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main parts in water cycle

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evaporation - condensation - precipitation