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14 Cards in this Set
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Abundance |
The number of organisms in a given population |
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Acclimation |
A reversible physical change in an adapting organism in response to environmental pressure |
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Acclimatization |
Adaptation to a different climate |
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Adaptation |
How living things change what they do or what they are to survive in a particular environment |
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Albedo |
The luminosity shinning from reflective surface |
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Algae bloom |
Ecolosion of phytoplankton population |
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Allelopathy |
Type of chemical plant interaction where one plant exudes a chemical substance that inhibits growth and development of another plant |
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Alluvium |
Sediment transported by water, usually river or stream water |
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Alpha Diversity |
The variety of organisms in a given habitat or location |
Local Diversity |
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Amensalism |
One-sidedly harmful relationship between dissimilar organisms |
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Anemophilous |
Seed plants pollinated by the wind |
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Autogenic |
Originating from within a system |
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Autotroph |
An organism that produces its own food |
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Autogenic |
Originating from within a system |
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