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| Relationships of organisms to one another and with their environment |
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| Temperature, light intensity, rainfall, precipitation, nutrients, minerals |
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| Levels of Organization in order (smallest to largest) |
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| Individuals, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biomes, Biosphere |
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| group of a single species inhabiting a defined area |
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| association of interacting species; groups of populations |
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| a biological community including all the abiotic factors that influence the community |
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| groups of ecosystems associated through climate and vegetation patterns |
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| The entire Planet; total global ecosystem |
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| largely focus on physiological or anatomical adaptations of individuals |
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| determine the factors that determine population change |
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| study factors dealing with multispecies interactions |
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| concerned with rainfall, humidity, and temperatures |
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| the amount of light energy converted to chemical energy by autotrophs during a given period |
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| measures temperature and precipitations trends, and dry and wet periods |
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| Evergreen not Deciduous trees; Canada forests |
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| Temperate Deciduous Forest |
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| Oxford, The Bluffs (mixture of coniferous and Deciduous)*Highly Productive* |
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| where photosynthetic organisms do their work |
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| organisms on very bottom; detritivores |
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| How much of the worlds productivity comes from oceans |
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| Order of layers of thermal stratification in water? |
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| Epilimnion, thermocline, and the hypolimnion |
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| mixing of the water from top to bottom once a year |
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| mixing of the water from top to bottom twice a year |
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| energy comes from outside of area |
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| energy comes from the area |
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| Formed by collapsed volcanoes |
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| cooler, high oxygen, low production |
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| Warmer, low oxygen, high production |
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| Experimental Lakes Area Lake 226 |
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| has one side treated with C and N, and one side treated with C and P. |
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| A trait where an animal can switch between different enzymes depending on the temperature |
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| speed of airflow over a surface radiation |
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| +/- Heat of radiation +/- Heat of conduction +/- Heat of convection - Evaporation + Metabolism |
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| Transpirational Water Loss |
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| Number of stomata and how long they are open dictates this process |
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| controls the reflection of radiation |
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| plants get rid of leaves in winter |
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| adapted to arid environments |
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| plants adapted to wet environments |
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| reduction of gas exchange in wet soils |
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| can only live in a small range of saltiness |
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| can change osmoregulation to live in different salt conditions |
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| Plant Tissues have less of what elements in body? |
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| Invertebrates have more of what elements in body? |
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| Vertebrates have more of what element in body? |
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| Organisms must divide energy between different tasks to survive and reproduce |
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| Must equalize time spent for food with the amount of calories gained from the food found |
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| When would an animal not forage optimally |
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| Attack strategies, influence of predation risk, or avoidance of toxins in prey |
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