Ecology Review

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Ecology is the study of .

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Interactions among organisms and their environments

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

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Consumer

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Where an organism lives

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habitat

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The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.

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Abiotic factors

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The living portions of the ecosystem.

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Biotic factors

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A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment. Options: Population, Community, Habitat, Ecosystem

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Ecosystem

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One of any living thing is called a/an _______________.

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organism

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What happens to a population when it grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity?

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The population starts to die off until the numbers are below the carrying capacity.

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Large regions characterized by climate and communities of species grouped together

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biomes

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The patterns that weather forms in an area over seasons and years is known as that region's ____________

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Climate