Ecology

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How does too much fishing in an area affect its ecosystem?

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Organisms that eat fish could become endangered due to starvation.

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What would most likely happen if an ecosystem no longer received sunlight?

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All living organisms would eventually die

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Which event in an ecosystem may produce a negative effect? Options: preventing deer from depleting food resources, restoring a natural habitat, wildlife rangers minimizing disturbances, a lumber company clearing a forest

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a lumber company clearing a forest

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The parts of an ecosystem that are currently living or that have once lived.

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Biotic Factor

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The factors in an ecosystem that have never had the ability to live.

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Abiotic Factor

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All ecosystems combined...

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biosphere

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Consists of all the biotic and abiotic factors of the environment...

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ecosystem

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A group of organisms of the same species in any given area...

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population

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The smallest unit of life that can sustain itself is called...

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an organism.

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The temperate deciduous forest, the tropical rain forest, the desert, and the tundra are all examples of...

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biomes.