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 * 3.1 NOTES and VOCAB**
 * 1) **Abiotic Factor** – Any nonliving part of the environment. Ex. sunlight
 * 2) **Biome** – An area of land that has a distinct climate and typical flora and fauna.
 * 3) **Biosphere** – The thin layer around Earth in which life can exist.
 * 4) **Biotic Factor** – Any living part of the environment. Ex. animals
 * 5) **Community** – All of the populations in a given area at a given time.
 * 6) **Ecology** – The study of interactions between organisms and their environment.
 * 7) **Ecosystem** – Everything in a given place. Both Biotic and Abiotic.
 * 8) **Population** – All of the individuals of a particular species in a given area at a given time.
 * 9) **Species** – Group of organisms that look similar and can breed to produce viable offspring.
 * Flora - Plants
 * Fauna - Animals
 * Climate – Composed of average temperature, average rainfall and Weather patterns (Seasons)
 * Viable – Can survive and reproduce.
 * Inter – prefix that means between or among
 * Organization / Classification – Method of placing objects or ideas into categories to make them easier to understand.
 * Observation – Process of noticing and describing in a careful orderly way
 * Experimentation – Process of testing a hypothesis and recording data.
 * Modeling – Process of building or constructing a representation of something not easily seen or observed itself.

[|3.1 Quizlet]

[|Crash Course Ecology]

[|Bill Nye]

[|Assignment Discovery] **3.2 NOTES and VOCAB** ü ** //List the 2 primary sources of energy in all ecosystems// ** ü ** //How are detrivores different from decomposers?// **
 * 1) **Autotroph** – Organisms that can make their own food - Producers
 * 2) **Carnivore** – Animal that eats meat.
 * 3) **Chemosynthesis** – Process that uses chemicals in the environment to make food.
 * 4) **Consumer** – Organisms that cannot make their own food, must rely on others for their energy - Heterotrophs
 * 5) **Decomposer** – Organisms that break down dead organic matter, usually by dissolving it then absorbing the nutrients - Saprotrophs
 * 6) **Detrivore** – Organisms that eat dead decaying organic matter
 * 7) **Herbivore** – Animal that eats plants.
 * 8) **Heterotroph** – Organisms that cannot make their own food, must rely on others for their energy - Consumers
 * 9) **Omnivore** – Animal that eats both plants and meat.
 * 10) **Photosynthesis** – Process that uses sunlight to make t food.
 * 11) **Primary Producer** – Organisms that can make their own food, and are the basis of all food chains - Autotroph
 * 12) **Scavenger** – Organisms that eat dead animals killed by others. The basis of all food chains are autotrophs,
 * They are the Primary Producers that make all of the food in the ecosystem.
 * Carbohydrates are a type of essential organic compound that is used for energy.
 * Carbohydrates are composed of Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen.
 * Photosythensis requires Sunlight, Water and Carbon Dioxide and creates Glucose and Oxygen gas.
 * Photosynthetic Autotrophs are organisms that use Photosynthesis to make their food.
 * Chemosynthesis uses chemicals in the environment to produce Carbohydrates
 * Chemosynthetic Autotrophs are organisms that use Chemosynthesis to make their food.



[|CrashCourse: Energy Flow]

[|Carnivore,Herbivore,Omnivore Teeth]


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[| Photosynthesis]