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How would you describe interpendence of living organisms?
There are three unofficial Laws of Ecology that I teach my students;
Everything has to go someplace
Everything is connected to everything else
There is no such thing as a free lunch
The first implies that the amount of matter in the universe is constant. All organisms depend upon recycling
The second tells us that living cells depend upon other living cells. Animals need plants for O2 and glucose
The third refers to the Law of Entropy. Matter tends to work toward disorder
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Walter Hintz
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Science teacher for over 50 years. MSc. in biology. I can answer questions in general biology, zoology, botany, anatomy and physiology and biochemistry.
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I have a MSc in biology and have been a science teacher for over 50 years. At present I am a faculty member at a college and a science consultant at seven catholic schools.
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The Ohio journal of Science
Momentum-The Journal of the Catholic Education Association
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