Biology Is A Branch Of Natural Science
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1. Biology is a branch of the natural sciences, and is the study of living organisms and how they interact with their environment.
Ecology is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of life and the interactions between organisms and their natural environment. ( Biology study the science of life, and ecology study the the relation with the living beings)
2. Abiotic components or abiotic factors are those non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems. They and phenomena associated with them underpin all biology.An ecosystem's abiotic factors may be classified via "SWATS" (Soil, Water, Air, Temperature, Sunlight) . Biotic components are the living things that shape an ecosystem. A biotic factor is any living component that affects another organism, including animals that consume the organism in question, and the living food that the organism consumes. Each biotic factor needs energy to do work and food for proper growth. Biotic factors include human influence. (Producer autotroph, Consumer heterotroph, Decomposer detritivores).
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4. An ecosystem is the community (all living species in a geographical area) as well as the physical environment that surrounds it. Biomes are collections of ecosystems that have similar characteristics, such biotic and abiotic factors.
5. Aquatic: Marine, Freshwater, Ponds, lentic(lake), Lotic, Wetlands. Terrestrial: tundra, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, tropical rain forest, grassland and desert.
6. Marine: The ocean, 71% of earth surface Coastal: Pelagic, gulf, bay, shore, bank ect,
7. Lentic: Still water, Lotic: flowing water ( Wetland, River, Pond, Lake)
8. Forest ecosystem: natural woodland, Rainforest: experiences high average temperatures and a significant amount of rainfall, Jungle : dense and impenetrable vegetation, Tundra: "treeless mountain tract", Taiga: biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces and larches, Savannah: ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close, Grassland: areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses, Desert: area of land where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life
9. Crops: any cultivated plant, fungus, or alga that is harvested for food, clothing, livestock fodder, biofuel, medicine, or other uses, City: relatively large and permanent human settlement, Garden: planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature
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11. Series of steps in which organism is transferring energy by eating and be eaten, like a food chain but more complicated trying to explain with more details the transferring of energy
12. Each step in food chain
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