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Study of interactions between organisms and environment

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Ecology

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Difference between Weather and Climate

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Weather: short-term, Climate: long-term

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Significant environmental change by humans

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Exploding human population

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Mass extinction

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Large number of species extinct in short period

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Greenhouse Effect

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Trapping of heat by gases in the atmosphere

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Three main climate zones

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Polar, temperate, tropical

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Largest level of ecological organization

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Biosphere

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Niche

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Role of an organism in its environment

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Biotic factors

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Living components of the environment

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Example of a generalist species

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Opossum