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20 Cards in this Set
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Abiotic factors |
All non living factors that impact life |
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Biotic factors |
All living things that have an impact |
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Examples of abiotic factors Examples of biotic factors |
Weather , precipitation Plants |
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What is an ecosystem |
Living and nonliving organisms living in the same area |
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Levels of organization |
Organelles Cells Tissue Organ Organ system Organism Population Community Ecosystem Biome Biosphere |
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What is ecological succession ? |
Overtime predictable changes occur in ecosystem |
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What is secondary succession |
When ecosystems return to Natural State after a fire or natural disaster occurrence |
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What types of plants are usually the first to show up after a natural disturbance |
Grass and linchen |
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What is a pioneer species |
The first organisms to populate an area |
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What is a biosphere |
Is all parts of the Earth where life exists |
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What is a community |
Groups of different populations living together in the same environment |
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What is a population |
A group of species that live in the same area |
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What is mutualism |
Two species depending on one another for survival |
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What is commensalism |
One species benefits and the other species is neither harmed nor helped |
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What is predation |
An organism eating another for survival |
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What is competition |
A relationship that occurs when individuals vying for the same natural, limited resource |
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What is parasitism |
An organism that lives in or on another organism and feeds on it |
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What is an organism's habitat |
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What is symbiosis |
Two species live in close Association or at least one species benefit or it has Co evolved over millions of years |
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What are the 11 different biomes |
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