NATS 1840 Lecture : Thursday, September 27, 2012.docx

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1840
• Professor: Carol Bigwood

Document Summary

Science, technology and the environment (sc nats 1840a) . Chapter 7 is not included in the test. The study of interactions among living things, and between living things and their physical environment. Can be divided into three broad compartments. Nutrients and energy are continuously exchanged between the three compartments and the biosphere. Combination of a community and its physical environment, including all interactions between compartments. Ecosystems exhibit great complexity in both structure and interactions. Tampering with one small part can easily affect the whole, often unpredictably. Characterized by common climate & similar forms of life; Biome