Mr. K's Semester Exam Flashcards

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condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place

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weather

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average, year after year conditions of temperature and precipitation in a particular region

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climate

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natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other gases

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greenhouse effect

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cold climate zonewere the sun's rays strick earth at a very low angle

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polar zone

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a moderate climat zone between the polar zones and the tropics

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temperate zone

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a warm climate zone that recives direct or nearly direct sunlight year round

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tropical zone

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a biological influence on organisms with in an ecosystem

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biotic factor

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physical non living factor that shapes an ecosystem

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abiotic factor

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the area where no organism lives in cluding the biotic and abiotic factor that affect it

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habitat

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a full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism live in the way in which the organism use those conditions

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niche

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any necessity of life such as water, nutrients, light, food ,or space

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resource

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interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism

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predation

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a relationship in which two species live closely together

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symbiosis

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a symbiotic relationship in which both species benefits from a relationship

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mutualism

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a symbiotic relationship in which one member of the association benefits and the other isether helped nor harmed

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commensalism

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symbiotic relationship in which oneorganism lives in or on another organism and conciquently harms it

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parasitism

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a gradual change in living communitys that follows a disturbante

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ecological succession

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succession that occurs on surfaces were no soil exist

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primary succession

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first species to populate during primary succession

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pioneer species

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successionfollowing a disturbance that destroys a community with out destroying the soil

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secondary succession

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a group of ecosystem that have the same climate and dominant communitys

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biome

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organism compasity to grow or dry when subjected to an unfaverable hold environmental factor

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tolerance

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a climate with in a small area that differs significantly from the climate of the surrounding area

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microclimate

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dense covering formed by the leafy tops of tall rainforest trees

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canopy

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a layer in a rain forest formed by shorter trees and vines

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understory

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term used to refer to a tree that sheds its leafs during a particular season each years

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deciduous

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term used to refer to trees that produce sea baring cones and have thin leaves shaped like needles

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coniferous

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materail formed from decaying leaves and other organic mater

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humus

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colection of all the organism that live in a particular place together with there non living environment.

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ecosystem

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a group of ecosystem that have the same climate and dominant communitys

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biome