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Describe conditions which influence life

our environment

biotic

living

abiotic

non living

compare biotic and abiotic

both located in an ecosystem

what is environmentalism

social movement that seeks to protect the environment through lobbying activism and education

Identify the disciplines included in environmental science

Interdisciplinary, helps us understand the consequences of our interaction with the planet

identify one way in which humans manipulate their environment

we convert land from its natural state into urban etc

energy transfer

energy is everything and it is neither created or destroyed

interactions between earth systems

natural systems both change over time as when you move from one location to another

interactions between different species and the environment

Through manipulation of land and water combustion of fossil fuels

sustainability

being able to do something now without jeopardizing the ability of future generations to engage in similar activities

observe and questioning

scientist are constantly observing both the natural world and the world engineered by humans and are asking about what they see hear or smell

forming hypotheses

a testable conjecture about how somethign works

interpreting results

a scientist uses variety of techniques to assist with data analysis including summaries graph etc

disseminating findings

repeating an excitement and also presenting papers at a conference and publish the results

theories without exceptions

Law of thermodynamics

how does community ecology impact and ecosystem

it influences an interaction of biotic and abiotic components and establishes variables

large ecosystem

Large: land within the system and adjacent properties ; yellow stone

small ecosystem

contains a region of limited organism and abiotic factors ; insect in ponds

Competitive exclusion principle

2 species competing for same limiting resources

what is resource partitioning

2 species evolving to share or divide a resource based on difference in behavior or morphology

how do parasites impact the host

they lay eggs and larvae develops inside the host and consumes it

pathogens

viruses, carries, fungi , protist, helminths VBFPH

reactants

carbon dioxide plus water