BB Principles of Ecology

A hypothesis is tested under controlled conditions

• experiment

• organism

• observation

• population

Using the senses to study the world

• experiment

• organism

• observation

• population

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All individuals of one species living in a certain area

• observation

• population

• experiment

• organism

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Any individual living thing

• ecosystem

• community

• population

• organism

Includes all of the organisms as well as the climate, soil, water, rocks, and other nonliving things in an area

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

• Popualtion

• Community

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A major regional or global community of organisms which is usually defined by the climate and the plant communities that live in an area.

• Community

• Population

• Biome

• Biosphere

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A group of different species that all live together in one area

• community

• population

• ecosystem

• Biome

Living factors in an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, bacteria and fungi

• biotic

• abiotic

• keystone species

• autotrophs

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Rocks, weather, wind and sunlight are

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors

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The variety of living things in an ecosystem

• keystone species

• biotic factors

• biodiversity

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