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Earths surface and all living things within it.
Bioshphere
All the inhabitants of a particular area.
Population
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
Ecosystem
The whole mass of air that surrounds the Earth.
Atmosphere
The carbon in coal, oil, and natural gas come from...
Land consisting of marshes and swamps; saturated land.
Wetland
A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
Species
A group of people living in the same place of having a particular characteristic in common.
Community
Any non-living chemical and physical parts of an environment.
Abiotic factor
True or False
Primary consumers always make up the first level in a food web.
False.
Portion of a lake or ocean where there is little to no sun light.
Aphotic zone
Uppermost layer of a body of water that receives sunlight.
Photic zone
Thick subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year, usually occurs in polar zones.
The earth itself: rocks, minerals, and landforms.
Geosphere
A pyramid of ___ shows the relative numbers of individual organisms at the trophic levels of an ecosystem.
The tidal mouth of a large river; where the tide meets the stream.
Estuary
Organic component of soil formed by decomposition of leaves and other plant material.
Humus
Sometimes swampy forest of high northern latitudes.
Taiga
Any living things on the Earth.
Biotic factor
True or False
Phosphorus is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere.
False.
The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and their physical surroundings.
Ecology
The long term, predictable atmospheric conditions of a specific area.
Climate
The state of the atmosphere at a place and time only, then changes.
Weather
All the waters around the Earths surface.
Hydrosphere
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