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Ecology is

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A branch of the biological science that studies the interactions between an organism and its environment

2
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What are the ecology levels of organization?

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Organisms 
Communities
Ecosystems
Biomes
Biosphere
3
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What are the levels of Organization

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molecules
protoplasm
cells
tissues
organs
organisms
populations
communities
ecosystems
biomes
biosphere Earth
solar systems
galaxies
4
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What is a biosphere and what does it contain

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It is a closed system with one input of energy which comes from the sun,
It contains the Earths atmosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere

5
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What is a biomes?

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The terrestrial part of the biosphere that is divided

6
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How are different biomes distinguished from each other?

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By their climate, soils and the species they support

7
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What defines most biomes

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Moisture and temperature

8
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In Winnipeg we live near __ of the __ Biomes

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3 of the 11

9
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What are Aquatic life zones?

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They are like a biome but in the ocean

10
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How are Aquatic life zones defined

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by temperature, life an nutrients

11
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What are the richest regions of aquatic life zones ?

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The Estuaries

12
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What is an Estuaries?

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The places where rivers dumps all its nutrients into an ocean and the continental self is fairly shallow

13
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What comes from Estuaries?

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Sea food

14
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What are the two parts to every ecosystem

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a) Biotic/Living: all the species/organisms in the ecosystems
b) Abiotic/nonliving: The physical, chemical, range of tolerance

15
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What affects ecosystems?

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a) Food systems
b) Predation
c) Competition between species

16
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Habitats are

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where a species lives

17
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Niches are

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where a species is and what it does

18
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True or false; species can have the same niche

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False

19
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What is a generalized niches?

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Are organisms that can live anywhere

20
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What are specialized niches?

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Organisms that live in a specific are and eat very specific things

21
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Humans can live without __ species of plant, __ species of animals and __ mineral(s)

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3, 3, 1

22
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What are two things that move throughout a food chain

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Energy and nutrients

23
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Producers can

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convert sunlight into other biological forms of energy

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Consumers take

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energy from one level to the next level by consuming

25
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Primary consumers eat ..

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the producers

26
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Secondary consumers eat ..

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Primary consumers

27
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Decomposers do what

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decompose organisms back into the earth

28
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Omnivores are

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consumers that consumer both plants and meat

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Herbivores are

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consumers of only plants

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Carnivores are

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consumers of only meat