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15 Cards in this Set
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Bio
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prefix meaning life
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Individual
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a single organism within an ecosystem
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Population
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a group of individuals of the same species living together within an ecosystem
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Community
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the populations that live together in the same area and interact.
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Habitat
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the area in which a population lives and finds everything it needs to survive: water, food, shelter, and space.
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Niche
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the role an organism plays within its ecosystem.
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Analogy
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a comparison between two things that are related in some way.
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Transpiration
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the process of water being taken into and evaporating from plants.
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Stomata
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tiny holes on the leaves of plants where water is released.
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Wetlands
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ecosystems that help protect against flooding and run-off by absorbing water when it rains.
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Precipitation
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rain, snow, sleet, dew, etc, formed by condensation of water vapour in the atmosphere.
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Condensation
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anything that has condensed from a vapour, esp on a window
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Evaporation
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Compare boil to change or cause to change from a liquid or solid state to a vapour
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Biome
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Collections of ecosystems that have similar characteristics, such biotic and abiotic factors.
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Ecosystem
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A system involving the interactions between a community of living organisms in a particular area and its nonliving environment.
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