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18 Cards in this Set
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Greenhouse effect |
Allows visual light to enter But trapping Heat. Without greenhouse effect Earth would be 30 degrees Celsius |
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Tolerance |
Ability to survive and reproduce under a range of environmental circumstances |
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Niche |
Describes what an organism does but also how it reacts with biotic and abiotic factors in the environment |
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Symbiosis |
Two species live closely together |
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Ecological succession |
Series of more or less predictable changes that occur in a community over time. ( when a forest burns down and then begins to regrow) |
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Primary succession |
When a habitat is destroyed and there's nothing left over and it takes time for things to regrow |
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Secondary succession |
When a habitat is destroyed but there is still plants left over to grow |
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Canopy |
52 to 80 m above the forest floor |
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Understory |
Layer of shorter trees and Vines |
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Deciduous |
A plant that sheds its leaves during a particular season |
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Coniferous |
produce seeds bearing cones and most have leaves shaped like needles |
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Humus |
A material formed from decaying leaves and other organic matter |
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Permafrost |
A layer of permanently Frozen subsoil |
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Photic zone |
Deep as 200 m in tropical Seas but just a few meters deep or less in rivers and swamps |
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Aphotic zone |
Below photic zone photosynthesis cannot occur |
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Benthos |
Organisms where their habitat is the benthic zone |
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Estuary |
Kind of wetland formed where a river meets the sea. Swampland Marsh Mangrove swamp excetera |
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Continental shelf |
200 to 1,000 m |
