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Ecology Part 1

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    char of life, biogeochemical cycles, population ecology
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  • It is the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment
    Ecology
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  • It extends from high in the atmosphere to the bottom of the oceans.
    Biosphere
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  • Non living parts of an organism’s environment
    abiotic factors
  •  15
  • Air currents, temperature, moisture, light, and soil are....
    abiotic factors
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  • All the living organisms that inhabit an environment
    biotic factors
  •  15
  • Group of organisms, all of the same species, live in the same area at the same time
    population
  •  15
  • It is made up of interacting populations in a biological community and the community’s abiotic factors
    ecosystem
  •  15
  • What is the process where bacteria convert nitrogen to ammonium ions?
    nitrogen fixation or ammonification
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  • What is the process through which the plants lose water to the air?
    transpiration
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  • Where does the energy that powers the water cycle come from?
    the sun
  •  15
  • True or False. The role of photosynthesis in Carbon-oxygen cycle is when plants remove CO2 from the atmosphere and use it to create glucose.
    true
  •  10
  • . What is the process where water is converted into water vapor and is the first step in the Water Cycle?
    Evaporation
  •  15
  • The process where N2 molecules in the air break apart and combine with other atoms to form ammonia.
    Nitrogen Fixation or ammonification
  •  15
  • The number of organisms per unit area is called
    Population denisity
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  • ( T / F ) When population density is high, disease is transmitted easily from one individual to another
    True
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  • What is immigration?
    organisms coming into the area from another area
  •  15