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1
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What is the smallest unit that is fully alive? (I.e. can perform the functions of life)

A

Cell

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2
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What is a biome?

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A large ecosystem

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Mutualism

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Both species benefit from the interactions

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Commensalism

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One species benefits while the other is seemingly unaffected

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What does the term “Niches” mean

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Species allow to live side by side & use slightly different resources or obtain it from similar spots/different times

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Keystone species

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A species that “holds it up”

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What does the prefix “eco” mean

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House

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What does the prefix “enviro”

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To surround

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Organismic ecologists

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Learns everything abt a particular kind of organism

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Population ecologists

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Study population numbers, distributions, & how & why populations fluctuate overtime

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Community ecologist

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Study how different species interact

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Ecosystem-focused ecologists

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Study abiotic factors more than living things

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Landscape ecologists

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Focus on large-scale patterns

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Interspecies competition

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Members of two or more different species require the same resource

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Intraspecific

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interactions among members of the same species

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16
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Name levels , smallest to biggest

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Atom, molecule, macromolecule, virus, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

17
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Tell me about viruses

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They are small, consist of proteins & lipids, and are not alive & cannot replicate

18
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Tell me about molecules

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All cell parts are made of molecules
Molecules are made of atoms

19
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Biomes

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Huge ecosystem

20
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What is the smallest unit of life

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A cell

21
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Community

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All living organisms of different species interact

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Population

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One species living in one place or interacting to reproduce

23
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Organism

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One entity

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Scientific law

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Describe what happens

25
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Scientific theory

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Explains why or how it happens

26
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Lets say something is growing on a tree but its not hurting it what is it called

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Commensal

27
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In biology the word METABOLIC or METABOLISM refers to..

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Any and all of the chemical reactions in a cell/organism

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