Introducing

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 Ecology
Ecology
the study of the relationships
between biotic and abiotic factors
in environments

eco (G) root home, abode

log, -o, y (G) suffix study of

eco
eco
ecoclimate
ecosystem
tourism
climate
system
tourism epidemi
climat
zo
zoology
epidemi
climat ology
ology
ology

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 Ecosystem
includes all abiotic and biotic factors in
one particular environment

Biotic Factors Abiotic Factors

the living parts of the nonliving parts
an ecosystem of an ecosystem

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 Bio
Biotic Factors

include plants, animals, fungi,

microorganisms

bio(s), bio(t) (G) root life

bio
bio
bio
bio
biotechnology
mechanics
bio
statistics
feedback
biot
graphy
sphere
logy
ic

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 Examples of Biotic
Factors

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 A
Abiotic Factors
include air, water, soil, temperature,
wind, source of energy (usually sun)

a, an (G) prefix not, without

aabiotic
musia
moral
toxic

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Examples of Abiotic
Factors

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 Examples of Ecosystems
Mountains
Coral
Arizona
ReefinDesert
inColorado
Belize

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 Ecosystems
do not necessarily have clear boundaries
due to biotic and abiotic changes
can change daily as things move from one
ecosystem to another

Biotic Abiotic
migration, seed flood,
flood, erosion,
erosion,
dispersal drought
drought

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 Biotic Factors
interact with each parasitism
other in complex such as mutualism
ways competition

also interact with dependent upon

abiotic factors in water, minerals,
the ecosystem temperature, light

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 Biome

aa major
major regional
regional or
or global
global biotic
biotic
community,
community, aa super
super ecosystem
ecosystem,,
defined
defined chiefly
chiefly by
by the
the dominant
dominant
forms
forms ofof plant
plant life
life and
and the
the
prevailing
prevailing climate
climate

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 Major Biomes of the World
desert
desert
grassland
grassland
tropical
tropical rain
rain forest
forest
deciduous
deciduous forest
forest
coniferous
coniferous forest
forest
tundra
tundra
ocean
ocean
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 Levels of Organization
one
all
all group
organisms
living
individual
smallest
large
all interactingof
and
region
unit
populations
of
similar
with
living
different
nonliving
of
organs
the living
typical
thing
same
cellsin
an
organized
kind
plants
kinds
ecosystem
working
things
living
and
of to
in
work
animals
interacting
one
together
tissues
together
areathat
within
includes
workinga
certain
together
several area
ecosystems

cell
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 Bibliography
Arms. (1996). Environmental Science.
Orlando,Florida: Holt, Rinehart and
Winston, Inc.

McLaren, James E, and Rotundo, Lisa (1985).

Heath Biology. D. C. Heath and Company.

The American Heritage Dictionary of the

English Language, Third Edition. (1992).
Houghton Mifflin Company.

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