ecology - ANSWER study of interactions among organisms and their enviroment
Biotic interactions - ANSWER Interactions among living things
Abiotic Interactions - ANSWER Between organisms and the nonliving enviroment
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ecology - ANSWER study of interactions among organisms and their enviroment
Biotic interactions - ANSWER Interactions among living things
Abiotic Interactions - ANSWER Between organisms and the nonliving enviroment
Enviromental science - ANSWER Application of ecology to real world problems
Physiological ecology - ANSWER Investigates how organisms are physiologically adapted to their
enviroment
Behavioral ecology - ANSWER Investigates how individual behavior contributes to survival and
reproductive success
Populations ecology - ANSWER Focus on groups of interbreeding individuals, called populations
What is the goal of population ecololgy - ANSWER Understand factors affecting populations growth,
density and size
3 types of interactions between species - ANSWER Predation, competition, and parasitism
Community ecology - ANSWER Studies how populations of species interact and form functional
communities
, What does community ecology focus on - ANSWER Why some areas are species rich while others are
species-poor
Succession - ANSWER How species composition and community structure change over time, particulary
after disturbance
Freshwater biomes - ANSWER Have a salt concentration of less than 1% and include lakes, streams, rivers
and wetlands
Marine biomes - ANSWER Typically have a salt concentration around 3% and include oceans, intertidal
zones, coral reefs and estuaries
What percent of earth do freshwater biomes cover - ANSWER 1%
What are freshwater biomes used for - ANSWER Drinking water
Crop irrigation
Sanitation
Industry
What are the 2 broad groups that freshwater biomes fall into - ANSWER Standing water which includes
lakes and ponds and flowing water, such as rivers and streams
What is an example of a standing body of water - ANSWER North America's great lakes
In lakes and large ponds, how are the plants, algae, and animals distributed - ANSWER Depth of water
and ditance from shore
Photic zone - ANSWER Light is available for photosynthesis
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