Principles of Ecology

Scientific discipline in which the relationships among living organisms and the interaction the organisms have with their environment are studied.

• Genetics

• Ecology

• Biology

• Demography

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Living factors in an organism's environment.

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Symbiosis

• Habitat

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Examples of biotic factors include all the following EXCEPT

• parasitism

• disease

• predation

• temperature

Non-living factors in an organism's environment.

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Symbiosis

• Habitat

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Examples of abiotic factors include all the following EXCEPT

• dissolved gases

• disease

• predation

• temperature

• light intensity

Includes organisms of a single species that share the same geographical location at the same time.

• Population

• Biological Community

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Biosphere

Consists of a group or interacting populations that occupy the same geographic area at the same time.

• Population

• Biological Community

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Biosphere

A biological community and all of the abiotic factors that affect it.

• Population

• Biological Community

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Biosphere

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A large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have similar types of communities.

• Population

• Biological Community

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Biosphere

A thin layer around Earth, extends several kilometers above and below Earth's surface, that includes all parts of the Earth where life exists.

• Population

• Biological Community

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Biosphere