BIOL208- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 99 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Bio 208 lecture 2 wednesday, january 10, 2018. Review: buy, a textbook (if you want) iclicker lab manual. An arbitrarily defined geographic volume containing interacting biotic and abiotic factors, connected to other ecosystems by a series of inputs and outputs. Additionally, they have a time dimension, and humans can either be a part of the system or apart from the system. Land delineated by the dominant organism (forest defined by trees, grassland defined by grass). Freshwater ecosystems would have streams or rivers, lakes or ponds. It is defined by whether or not it has moving water (does it have a current? is it still?). Different organisms in different ecosystems, depending on the ecosystem. Biotic factors: plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, viruses (debatable) Biosphere all space occupied by living things on earth. Ecosystem a region containing interacting abiotic and biotic factors. Community population of species that occur together in the same space and time.
