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name for the study of how organisms fit into their environment
What is ecology
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The main components of an ecosystem are
What is the abiotic and biotic factors
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What is the first thing ecologists study in an ecosystem
What is The number of organisms living in the ecosystem
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name one density -dependent factor
What is space or predation
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Do organisms exist alone
What is NO
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the sphere that is the area of the earth where life exists
What is biosphere
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The biotic factors in an ecosystem are broken down into
What is populations
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What ___________potential is the rate at which a population will grow if all individuals survive and produce to maximum capacity is referred to as...
What is Biotic potential
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the name of a useful tool for studying patterns of population is
What is a growth curve
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The study of ecology refers to
What is the relationship between organisms and their physical environment.
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ecological units within the biosphere are broken down into
What is biomes
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Three abiotic factors in an ecosystem are
What is sunlight, precipitation, temperature, the slope and drainage of the land, and the chemistry of soils and of the atmosphere
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What ______________factors in an ecosystem control the growth of a population
What is limiting factors
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Two types of growth curves are
What is J shaped and S shaped
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ecologists study not only how organisms act together, but also
What is how they are adapted to their environments
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Biomes are broken down into smaller units known as
What is ecosystems
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The definition for a population is
What is all members of a species that live in the same area
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name of method used to count how many animals in an ecosystem
What is mark and release
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What two phases of population growth are demonstrated with the J shaped curve
What is the lag phase and the exponential phase
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Biomes are characterized by these two things
What is temperature and precipitation
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An area within a biome that has unique characteristics that make it different from other parts of the biome
What is ecosystem
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Do abiotic and biotic factors interact with each other in an ecosystem
What is yes
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Limiting factors that only act on a population when it becomes large are called....
What is density-dependent limiting factors
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Which shaped curve depicts the period of relative stability in a population that occurs after its lag and exponential phases
What is The s shaped curve
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The maximum number of individuals that an ecosystem is capable of supporting is referred to as ...
What is carrying capacity