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Across the biosphere, the variety of life:

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Biodiversity

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All living things and all the places they are found on Earth:

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Biosphere

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is a particular type of living things that can reproduce by interbreeding among themselves:

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Species

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is the scientific study of all forms of life, or all types of organisms:

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Biology

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is any individual living thing:

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Organisms

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Is the basic unit of life:

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Cell

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all of the chemical processes that build up or break down materials:

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Metabolism

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In all organisms, the genetic material is a molecule called deoxyribonucleic acid:

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DNA

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provides an enlarged image of an object:

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Microscope

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is nothin more than a segment of DNA that stores genetic information:

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Gene

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is the study and manipulation of DNA on a molecular level:

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Molecular genetics

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is the study and comparison of genomes both within and across species:

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Genomics

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is the study of the interactions among living things, and between living things and their surroundings:

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Ecology

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is a group of different species that live together in one area, such as groups of alligators, turtles, birds, fish, and plants that live together in the Florida Everglades:

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Community

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includes all of the organisms as well as the climate, soil, water, rocks, and other nonliving things in a given area:

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Ecosystem

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is a major regional or global community of organisms:

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Biome

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factors are living things, such as plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria:

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Biotic

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factors are nonliving things such as moisture, temperature, wind, sunlight, and soil:

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Abiotic

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is the assortment, or variety, of living things in an ecosystem:

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Biodiversity

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is a species that has an unusually large effect on its ecosystem:

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Keystone species

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are organisms that get their energy from nonliving resources, meaning they make their own food:

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Producer

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producer.

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Autotrophs

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are organisms that get their energy by eating other living or once-living resources, such as plants and animals:

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Consumer

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Consumer

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Heterotrophs

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is the process by which an organism forms carbohydrates using chemicals, rather than light, as an energy source.

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Chemosynthesis.

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is a sequence that links species by their feeding relationships:

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Food chain

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such as desert cottontails, are organisms that eat only plants:

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Herbivores

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are organisms that eat only animals:

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Carnivores

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are organisms that eat both plants and animals:

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Omnivores

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are organisms that eat detritus, or dead organic matter:

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Detritivores

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are detritivores that break down organic matter into simpler compounds:

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Decomposers

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is the movement of individuals into a population from another population:

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Immigration

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is the movement of individuals out of a population and into another population:

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Emigration

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of an environment is the maximum number of individuals of a particular species that the environment can support:

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Carrying capacity

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is a large decrease in the size of a population over a short time period:

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Population crash

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The factor that has the greatest effect on limiting population growth:

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Limiting factor

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are limiting factors that are affected by the population density, or the number of individuals living in a given area.

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Density-dependent limiting factor

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are limiting factors that affect the size of any population, no matter what density of individuals live in an area.

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Density-independent limiting factors

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occurs when a population size increases greatly over a period of time:

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Exponential growth

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begins with a period of slow growth, followed by exponential growth:

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Logistic growth

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Everything that lives on Earth, and every place where those things live:

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Biosphere

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Everything that lives on Earth, and every place where those things live:

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Biota

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all of Earth’s water, ice, and water vapor:

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Hydrosphere

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the air that surrounds the entire planet:

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Atmosphere

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the physical features of Earth’s surface—including the continents, rocks, the sea floor, and everything below Earth’s surface:

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Geosphere

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is the long-term pattern of weather conditions in a region:

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Climate

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is the climate in a small, specific place within a larger area:

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Microclimate

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which has hot, dry summers and cool, moist winters:

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Chaparral

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is located north of the taiga:

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Tundra

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is located in cooler climates:

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Taiga

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trees, which drop their leaves to survive cold winters:

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Deciduous

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trees, which keep their needles all year:

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Coniferous

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is very dry and gets little rain:

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Desert

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is an area in which the main plant life is grass:

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Grassland

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Most organisms live in the uppermost branches of the forest:

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Canopy

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is the shoreline area between high and low tide lines:

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Intertidal zone

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is the next closest area to shore:

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Neritic zone

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extends from the edge of the neritic zone to the ocean bottom:

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Bathyal zone

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is the deepest zone:

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Abyssal zone

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live in the neritic zone:

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Plankton

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are found mainly within the tropical climate zone:

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Coral reefs

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are found in cold waters, such as California’s Monterey Bay:

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Kelp forests

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What are the levels of organization?

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Organism
Population
Community
Ecosystem 
Biome
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What are the rivers zones?

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Littoral
Limnethic
Benthic

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What are the ocean zones?

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Intertidal
Neritic
Bathyal
Abyssal

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