Introduction to Ecology

The study of the interactions between organisms and their environment

• Biology

• Ecology

• Sociology

• Geology

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The unique role an organism plays in an ecosystem, such as the way it survives, eats and relates to other organisms

• Nikche

• Nice

• Quiche

• Niche

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A place where an organism lives

• Ocean floor

• Woods

• Habitat

• Niche

All the organisms of the same species living in the same area or community

• Community

• Population

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

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The part of the earth that supports life; includes the top portion of the earth's crust.

• Tropospher

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Ozone

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All living things in a given area, living and non-living.

• Ecosystem

• Biotic

• Community

• Species

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A group of very similar organisms that can mate and reproduce offspring of the same type

• Community

• Population

• Species

• Niche

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A population of different species that exist in an ecosystem

• Habitat

• Community

• Population

• Ecosystem

The non-living parts of the environment such as rocks, air, temperature, sunlight, and water

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Habitat

• Community

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The living or once living organisms in an ecosystem

• Biology

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Ecology

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