Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Ecology

Ecology- scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment.
Biosphere- "largest of the houses" contains the combined portions of the planet in which all life exists (land, water, air, atmosphere).

-Ecologists ask questions about events and organisms that range from single individual- entire biosphere.
Species- group of organisms similar to one another. Can produce offspring.

Observing- asking questions.
Experimenting- testing hypotheses.
Modeling- models are made to gain insight into complex phenomena. Consist of data, equations, etc...

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