Environmental Science exam review
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1. Ecology The study of the interactions between living things and their environment
2. Organisms Any living thing made up of at least one cell that can live on its own
3. Biotic Part of the environment that includes all of the living organisms that live and
interact with one another
-all of the living parts
4. Abiotic Part of the environment that includes the physical features of the environment that
affect the organisms living in a particular area
-any non living part
-water, sunlight, soil, temperature, etc.
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5. Ecosystem Made up of a community of organisms and how they interact with the abiotic
environment
-all of the living and non-living things
EXAMPLE: Forest ecosystem and all of the animals, plants, water, soil, sun that affect
it
6. renewable re- Any natural resource that can replenish itself in a relatively short period of time,
sources usually no longer than the length of a human life.
7. non-renewable A resource that takes so long to form that it can't be replaced. For example, coal,
resource oil, and natural gas which takes millions of years to form, is such of a resource.
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1. Ecology The study of the interactions between living things and their environment
2. Organisms Any living thing made up of at least one cell that can live on its own
3. Biotic Part of the environment that includes all of the living organisms that live and
interact with one another
-all of the living parts
4. Abiotic Part of the environment that includes the physical features of the environment that
affect the organisms living in a particular area
-any non living part
-water, sunlight, soil, temperature, etc.
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5. Ecosystem Made up of a community of organisms and how they interact with the abiotic
environment
-all of the living and non-living things
EXAMPLE: Forest ecosystem and all of the animals, plants, water, soil, sun that affect
it
6. renewable re- Any natural resource that can replenish itself in a relatively short period of time,
sources usually no longer than the length of a human life.
7. non-renewable A resource that takes so long to form that it can't be replaced. For example, coal,
resource oil, and natural gas which takes millions of years to form, is such of a resource.
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