Ecology is a topic each person should be made aware of as each person can make a difference.
The activities and investigations in this unit will make the student more environmentally conscious and hopefully this information will be passed on to others.
Ecology: Can I help?
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Biome—A large geographic area that has similar climates and climax communities.
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Biosphere—All areas of Earth where life exists.
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Biotic—The living things in the environment.
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Community—All the populations of different species that live in the same place at the same time.
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Competition—The struggle with one another for the available survival needs.
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Conservation—The wise use of natural resources.
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Cycle—A repeating pattern.
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Decomposers—Organisms that break down the wastes or remains of other organisms.
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Ecology—The study of relationships between organisms and their environment.
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Ecosystem—The living and nonliving things in an environment together with their interactions.
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Environment—Everything that surrounds an organism.
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Estuary—An ecosystem where freshwater and seawater mix.
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Food Web—Many overlapping food chains.
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Greenhouse Effect—When greenhouse gases build up in the atmosphere trapping the heat resulting in increasing temperatures on earth.
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Habitat—The place an organism lives.
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Mutualism—Each organism needs the other for survival.
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Natural Resource—Materials found in nature.
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Niche—The role an organism has in its community.
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Organism—Any living thing.
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Pollution—The release of harmful materials into the environment.
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Population—A group of the same kind of organisms living in a certain place.
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Predator—An organism that eats other organisms.
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Prey—An organism that is eaten by the predator.
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Water Cycle—The continuous movement of water in the biosphere.
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