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19 Cards in this Set
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Ecology
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Is the study of the interactions between organisms and the living and nonliving components of their environment
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Greenhouse Effect
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Is the mechanism that insulates Earth from the deep freeze of space
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Biosphere
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the thin volume of Earth and its atmosphere that supports life. all organisms are found within it
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Ecosystem
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includes all the organisms and the nonliving environment found in a particular place
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Community
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is all the interacting organisms living in an area
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Population
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includes all the members of a species that live in one place at one time
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Biotic factors
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inlcude all of the living things that affect the organism
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Abiolic factors
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are the physical and chemical characteristics of the environment
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Tolerance curve
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a graph of performance versus values of an environmental variable such at tempature
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Acclimation
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process at which some organisms adjust to their tolerance to abiotic factors.
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Conformers
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are organiss that do no regulate their internal conditions. they change as their external envionment changes
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regulators
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are organisms that use energy to control some of their internal conditions
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Dormancy
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a state of decreased metabolism
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migration
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move to another more favorable habitat
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resources
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the energy and materials the species needs
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niche
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is its way of life, or the role the species plays in its environment
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fundamental niche
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is the range of conditions that a species can potentially use
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Realized niche
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is the range of resources its actually uses
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Generalists
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are species with broad niches, they can tolerat a range of cinditions and use a variety of resources
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