Ecology Practice

The study of the interactions between organisms and their environment

• Community

• Ecology

• Genetics

• Cell biology

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A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area

• individual

• community

• ecosystem

• population

All of the living organisms that live in an area

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• biosphere

Biotic factors

• soil, trees, sunlight

• grass, trees, deer

• soil, water, grass

• sunlight, rocks, minerals

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Abiotic factors

• sunlight, soil, rainfall

• trees, deer, sulight

• grass, rocks, rainfall

• deer, rabbits, plants

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What is the main source of energy for all life on earth?

• Coal

• Sunlight

• Oil

• Windmills

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Organisms that can make their own food

• Heterotrophs

• Consumers

• Autotrophs

  Producers

• Omnivores

Organisms that only eat plants

• Omnivores

• Carnivores

• Producers

• Herbivores

Organisms that eat both plants and animals

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Producers

• Herbivores

Organisms that eat animal remains and other dead matter

• Scavengers

• Detrivores

• Decomposers

• Producers

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