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| All organisms in a given area, along with non-living and living in which they interact; a biological community and its environment |
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| climate change due to greenhouse |
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| when the sun heat waves hit earth's atmosphere |
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| what conditions over short period of time |
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| how atmosphere behaves over long period of time |
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| a group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area |
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| assemblage of all populations of organisms living close for interaction |
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| major types of ecological associations |
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entire population of earth inhabited by
life |
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| negative feedback loop and example |
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minimizes the effect of disturbance and returns systems to normal state
ex: thermostats, shivering |
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increases the effect of the disturbance and can be destabilized a system and return to normal state may be impossible
ex: child labor |
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| organisms _ population _community _ ecosystems _ biome _ biosphere |
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| ways producers obtain energy |
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| use light energy power the synthesis of organic compounds (photosynthetic) |
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| how energy flows through an ecosystems |
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| sunlight_producers_plants_herbivores_carnivores _decomposers |
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| 10% of energy available at each tropic level becomes incorporated into the higher level |
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| Direct measurements and example |
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actual measurement of temperature
ex: temperature |
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| Indirect measurement and example |
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measurements of things that have been effected by the climate
ex: Biological data- tress, pollen
cryologically- ice cores
geological- silt rocks
historical |
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| how scientist study the past |
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| tree rings, ice cores, sediment studies |
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