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Ecosystems
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system of many part that are connected. A grouping of plants, animals, and microbs occupying...
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SAWS
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Sun, Air, Water, Soil
Nonliving-->Producers--> Consumers-->Decomposers-->nonliving
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Sustainability
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system that can continue indefinitely with out depleting any of the material or energy recourses...
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Stewardship
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someone who cares for something that is not theirs in order to preserve it for future generations
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Environmental racism
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WIPP, storing nuclear waste in lower socioeconomic areas because it brings in money, and the...
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sound science
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opposite of junk science- science that does follow scientific method (question, hypothosis,...
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predator-prey relationship
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survival of the fittest, benefits both some what
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parasite-hot relationship
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parasite is always hurting the host, host never benefits, goes after the weaker hosts.
ex-...
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mutualism
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two species living together where both benefit from each other
ex- bacterial, birds/crocodile,...
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habitat
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refers to the kind of place usually defined by the plant community, where a species is biologically...
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ecological niche
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refers to what an animal feeds on, when it feeds, where it feeds, where it finds shelter, and...
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abiotic factors
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1) conditions
2) resources
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resources
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cause for competition
ex- food, shelter, water O2, sunlight
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conditions
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vary in space and time
ex- temperature, wind, pH, fire
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Neolithic
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10,000 years ago when people changed from hunter gatherer to agricultural society. Permanent...
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