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ecology; what is it's purpose? - ANSWER ✔✔-study of how
organisms interact with their environment
-to understand the distribution and abundance of organisms
population - ANSWER ✔✔group of individuals of the same species
living in the same area, at the same time
community - ANSWER ✔✔consists of species that interact with one
another within a particular area
ecosystem - ANSWER ✔✔consists of all organisms in a particular
region, along with non-living components
, abiotic components - ANSWER ✔✔air, water, and non-living parts of
soil
range - ANSWER ✔✔geographical distribution; abiotic & biotic
determine range
biomes - ANSWER ✔✔major groupings of plant and animal
communities defined by a dominant vegetation type
climate - ANSWER ✔✔the prevailing, long-term weather conditions
found in an area
tropical wet forests (rain forests) - ANSWER ✔✔found in equator
regions where temperatures are high and annual temperature is very
low; produce abundant plant growth, lead to high above-ground biomass
boreal forest (taiga) - ANSWER ✔✔forms on subarctic lands,
dominated by highly cold-tolerant conifers; productivity is low, above-
ground biomass is high because slow-growing tree species may be long-
lived and become big
tundra - ANSWER ✔✔found throughout the arctic regions; low
productivity and low above-ground biomass and its treeless
permafrost - ANSWER ✔✔soils are in a permanently frozen state;
limits both the release and uptake of nutrients