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| 7576553005 | Ecology | The study of interactions between organisms and the environment | 0 | |
| 7576559978 | Abiotic | Non-living components of environment (temperature, water, light, soil) | 1 | |
| 7576572788 | Biotic | living components of the environment such as other organisms as foods, other resources, or predators. | 2 | |
| 7576580468 | Organism ecology | physiology, evolution, behavior of organisms in relation to environmental factors. | 3 | |
| 7576586628 | Population ecology | interactions of individuals of the same species, living in the same environment | 4 | |
| 7576586629 | Community ecology | studies the interactions of all living organisms that are living in the same area | 5 | |
| 7576591711 | Ecosystem ecology | emphasizes energy flow and chemical cycling among organisms and the abiotic environment | 6 | |
| 7576591712 | Biosphere ecology | includes the entire portion of Earth that is inhabited by life. Studies global effects of climate change, ozone depletion, mass extinction etc. | 7 | |
| 7576609790 | Dispersal | the movement of organisms from centers of high density or from center of origin to other areas. | 8 | |
| 7576623119 | Natural Range Expansions | organisms move into previously uninhabited areas as a natural way of expanding the population. | 9 | |
| 7576625827 | Species transplants | species artificially or accidentally introduced and reproduce in new location. | 10 | |
| 7576659445 | Climate | The prevailing weather conditions in a particular area | 11 | |
| 7576676223 | Biome | Any of the world's major ecosystems, classified by vegetation and characterized by adaptations of organisms to that particular environment | 12 | |
| 7576728327 | Photic zone | Where there is sufficient light for photosynthesis | 13 | |
| 7576733947 | Aphotic Zone | Where little light penetrates | 14 | |
| 7576736389 | Benthic Zone | the bottom of all aquatic biomes, mostly made up of sand and organic and inorganic sediments | 15 | |
| 7576767966 | Thermocline | narrow zone of rapidly changing temperature that separates the warm upper and cold lower layers of lakes and oceans | 16 | |
| 7576775912 | Oligotrophic lakes | are deep lakes that are usually poor in nutrients but rich in oxygen with lower temperatures, and low phytoplankton concentration | 17 | |
| 7576794589 | Eurotrophic Lakes | shallow, rich in nutrients with lower concentration of oxygen and higher phytoplankton concentration. | 18 | |
| 7576827922 | Climigraphs | plots of temperature and precipitation to show the distribution of various biomes | 19 | |
| 7576849356 | Tropical Rainforest | High rainfall, warm temperatures, impoverished soil | 20 | |
| 7576849357 | Savanna Desert | Low rainfall, extreme temperatures, low plant life | 21 | |
| 7576849494 | Temperate Grassland | Unpredictable rainfall, hot summers, cold winters, adapted to fire | 22 | |
| 7576852763 | Temperate Deciduous Forest | Warm summers and cold winters | 23 | |
| 7576854894 | Coniferous Forest (Taiga) | Long, cold winters | 24 | |
| 7576854895 | Arctic Tundra | Snow, arctic | 25 | |
| 7576854896 | Intertidal Zone | Shallow Zone of the ocean, between land and the high and low tide lines | 26 | |
| 7576861688 | Neritic Zone | The shallow region of the ocean overlying the continental shelf | 27 | |
| 7576861689 | Oceanic/Pelagic Zone | Vast realm of open blue water, constantly mixed by wind-driven oceanic current | 28 |
