1 Ecosystems & Communities

• The scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment.

• zoology

• biology

• ecology

• paleontology

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• A group of ecosystems that have similar climates and the same dominant species.

• Biosphere

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

• The parts of the planet on which life exists.

• Biosphere

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

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• All the organisms and the nonliving environment in a particular area.

• Biosphere

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

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• All the organisms in a particular area.

• Biosphere

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

• A group of individuals of the same species in a particular area.

• Biosphere

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

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• Oak and hickory trees compete for sunlight in a forest; two lizards of the same species compete to eat the same insects.

• Competition

• Predation

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

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•  A flower gets pollinated by a bee, the bee gets food from the flower

• Competition

• Predation

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

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Fleas eat dogs’ blood, and the dog get sores

• Predation

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

When two species live closely together.

• Competition

• Symbiosis

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

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