Normal Ecology Set (1.0 Outline)

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  1. 3. The branch of mathematical logic that studies collections of objects and their relations (3,6)
  2. 4. The branch of science concerned with the study of organisms and their natural environment
  3. 5. Processes of structural and functional changes that manifest as a direct result of environmental cues and feedback systems; often ascribed to natural selection
  4. 9. The branch of multidisciplinary science concerned with the study of applied physics to biological systems
  5. 12. The natural, physical and material phenomena of the universe. Also recognised as ‘life’ in general
  6. 13. The branch of science concerned with the study of organisms and ecosystems through geographic space and geologic time scales
  7. 16. Ecological recycling through pathways of the food web that climaxes with the production of living matter
  8. 19. The property of distinct functionality of subunits such that any given assemblage of units may be separated and recombined
  9. 20. The non-living material substances and processes of the natural environment
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  1. 1. The branch of mathematics that studies points, lines, angles and figures in space; their measurement and properties
  2. 2. The community of organic life - plants, animals and microbes - in conjunction with the inorganic environmental context
  3. 6. The applied science concerned with the study of natural phenomena and the universe around us such as the fields of chemistry, astronomy, Earth science, physics and biology (7,8)
  4. 7. The naturally occurring oversufficiency of quantity and supply
  5. 8. The branch of biological sciences concerned with the study of chemical structure, function and interactions of biological macro-molecules within living organisms
  6. 9. The flora and fauna of an ecosystem or period
  7. 10. The branch of biology that studies evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms at the level of macro-molecular sequencing (DNA, RNA, proteins)
  8. 11. Multivariant life forms that combine to enrich the ecological profile and complexity of life
  9. 14. The applied science concerned with the study of fossil records to reconstruct the ecosystems of the past
  10. 15. The postulate of inherent causation; often ascribed to natural and historical factors
  11. 17. Existing together in relative proximity at the same time
  12. 18. A period of apparent inactivity between the prevalence of a stimulus and the onset of a response; undeveloped