Mcgraw-Hill Chapter 5 Vocabulary

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limiting factor

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Anything that controls the growth or survival of a population.

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adaptations

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Inherited traits that help an organism survive in its environment.

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symbiosis

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Relationship between two kinds of organisms that lasts over period of time.

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mutualism

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A relationship between two kinds of organisms that benefits both organisms.

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parasitism

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A relationship in which one kind of organism lives on or in another organism and may harm that organism.

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commensalism

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A relationship in which one organism benefits from another without harming or helping it.

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biome

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A large ecosystem with its own kind of climate, soil, plants, and animals.

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grassland

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A biome where grasses are the main plant life.(Savannah are an example)

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taiga

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An area with lakes and ponds in a cool, foredted biome.

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tundra

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A cold biome near the polar ice sheets.

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deserts

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A sandy or rocky biome, with little precipitation and little plant life.

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deciduous forest

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Biome with many trees that lose their leaves each year.

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tropical rain forests

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Biomes that are hot and humid, with much rainfall and wide variety of life.

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ecological succession

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Gradual replacement of one community by another.

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pioneer species

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First species living in an otherwise lifeless area.

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pioneer community

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A new community.

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climax community

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Final stage of succession in an area, unless a major change occurs.