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EcologyCommunity interactions
What would happen if… All the trees in the Amazon were cut
down? All the polar bears in the Arctic died? The temperature of the Earth increased
by 5 degrees?
Ecology The branch of the biology that deals
__________________________________________________________________________________ Population Community Ecosystem Biosphere
Factors that affect the environment Abiotic
Biotic
Niche _______________________________________
how it meets its needs for food and shelter
how it survives how it reproduces
Producer
Primary consumer
Secondary consumer
Decomposer
Energy flow through an ecosystem ENERGY FLOWS THROUGH IN
ECOSYSTEM __________________________ Show this with a
Laws of Thermodynamics 1st law
Law of Conservation of Energy
2nd law
How much energy is passed from one trophic level to the next?