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34 Cards in this Set
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Ecology
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study of the interactions between organism and living and nonliving parts of the enviroment
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Biosphere
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part of the Earth in which life exsists
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population
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group of like individual living in a given area at the same time
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community
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population of living species living in the smae area at the same time
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Ecosystem
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community of organism and the nonliving enviroment
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Optimum range
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best condition for survive outside optinum range, but usually don't perform as well
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Tolerance Limit
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upper and lower limits of range beyond which no individual can survive
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Tolerance Curve
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graph showing number of indivual able to perform in different levels of telerance range
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Ecology
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study of the interactions between organism and living and nonliving parts of the enviroment
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Biosphere
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part of the Earth in which life exsists
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population
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group of like individual living in a given area at the same time
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community
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population of living species living in the smae area at the same time
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Ecosystem
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community of organism and the nonliving enviroment
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Optimum range
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best condition for survive outside optinum range, but usually don't perform as well
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Tolerance Limit
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upper and lower limits of range beyond which no individual can survive
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Tolerance Curve
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graph showing number of indivual able to perform in different levels of telerance range
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Ecology
|
study of the interactions between organism and living and nonliving parts of the enviroment
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|
Biosphere
|
part of the Earth in which life exsists
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|
population
|
group of like individual living in a given area at the same time
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community
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population of living species living in the smae area at the same time
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Ecosystem
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community of organism and the nonliving enviroment
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Optimum range
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best condition for survive outside optinum range, but usually don't perform as well
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Tolerance Limit
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upper and lower limits of range beyond which no individual can survive
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Tolerance Curve
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graph showing number of indivual able to perform in different levels of telerance range
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Habitats
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place where organism lives
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Niche
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the role of species in an ecosystem
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Producers
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organisms that make own food ex plants
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Biomass
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organic material that has been produced in an ecosystem
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Herbivores
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organism that feed only only producers
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Carnivore
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feed on herbivores or other animals
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Tertiary consumers
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feed on secondary consumers usually top top predator
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Detritivores
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obtain food from nonliving matter
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Scavenger
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feed on animals that are already dead
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Decomposer
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cause decay by breaking down and releasing nutrients from dead organism
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