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Ecology
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Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment
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Biosphere
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Contains the combined portions of the planet in which all life exists, including land, water, air or atmosphere
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Species
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Is a group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce a fertile organisms
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Population
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Groups of individual that belong to the same species and live in the same area
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Communities
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Assemblages of different populations that live together in a defined area
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Ecosystem
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Is a collection of all the organisms that live in a particular place together with their non living or physical environment
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Biome
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Is a group of ecosystem that have the same climate and similar dominated communities
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1.List the six different levels of organization that ecologist study in order from smallest to largest.
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Species Population Communities Ecosystem Biome Biosphere
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2. Describe the three basic methods of ecological reserch.
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observing, experimenting, and modeling.
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3. Identify two ways in which you interact everyday with each of the three parts of the biosphere land, water, and air.
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1. Planting crops 2. Breathing in oxygen
