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BC Science Probe 7 - Chapter 1 - Ecosystems

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Abiotic
Non-living parts of the environment (temperature, light, water, air, soil)
Climate
Average weather pattern of a region over a long period of time
Biotic
living parts of an environment
Species
group of organisms that can successfully mate and reproduce
Ecology
study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and environment
Ecologist
one who studies ecology - interactions within a natural environment
Ecosystem
is the organisms and abiotic parts of an environment, and how they affect each other
Biomes
large regions that have the same temperature and amount of rain or snow (precipitation)
Population
group of same species living together in one ecosystem
Habitat
food, water and shelter where an organism lives
Community
all interacting populations that live in an area
Sampling
how ecologists estimate population sizes in an ecosystem
Quadrat
square that marks off a a specific area that ecologists sample from
Niche
space in which an organism lives - role an organism plays within its ecosystem
Producers
organisms that produce their own food - don't eat other organisms for food
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