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Intro to Ecology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ecology | -The study of how organisms interact with one another other and the environment they live in. |
| Five major levels we study ecology at | -Individual to Population to Community to Ecosystem to Biosphere |
| Individual Organisms | -Smallest unit we study ecology at -One Organism |
| Population | -Second smallest level of ecology after individual organisms. -Defined as a group of organisms from SAME species living in SAME place at the SAME time. |
| Community | -Third level of studying ecology after population. -Defined as ALL LIVING things living on a specific reef on an island in Indonesia. -Biologists might study how a particular reef is doing but only looking at the living organisms. |
| Ecosystem | -Fourth level of studying ecology after community. -Defined as ALL LIVING AND NON-LIVING components on a specific reef on an island in Indonesia. -Biologists might study how a particular reef is doing but also looking at the non-living factors. |
| Biosphere | -Fifth & Broadest level of studying ecology after ecosystem. -Defined as all the ecosystems on Earth put together or looking at issues on a planetary level. |
| "Patchy" | -Term used to describe how the biosphere is broken up into many different habitats. |
| Habitat | -Specific places in the planet where organisms live. |
| Abiotic Factors | -"A" means without and "bio" means life. -Defined as the non-living parts of a habitat such as sunlight, rainfall, humidity, temperature, and so on that influence what organisms can live there. |
| Biotic Factors | -The living components in a habitat. -Living organisms interact with one another and end up altering the environment itself. |
| Sunlight | -Key abiotic factor needed for photosynthesis. |
| Water | -Key abiotic factor needed for photosynthesis and respiration. |
| Microclimates | -Small habitats within a larger habitat created by small changes in abiotic factors. |
| Zonation | -Microhabitats present Horizontal in a habitat. -Abiotic factors vary along the ground (horizontally). |
| Stratification | -Microhabitats present vertical in a habitat. -Abiotic factors vary from ground to tree level in the climate (vertically). |
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