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10 Cards in this Set
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weather
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Day-to-day conditions of Earth's atmosphere
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clmate
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Average year-after-year patterns of temperature and precipitation
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microclimate
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Environmental conditions within a small area that differs significantly from the climate of the surrounding area
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greenhouse effect
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Situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere due to accumulation of greenhouse gases
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tolerance
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The ability to survive and reproduce under a range of environmental conditions
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habitat
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The general place where an organism lives
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niche
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What an organism does and how it interacts with the abiotic and biotic factors in the environment
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resource
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Any necessity of life, such as water, nutrients, light, food and space
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competitive exclusion principle
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The rule that says that no two species can occupy exactly the same niche in the same habitat at exactly the same time
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predation
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Interaction in which one organism (the predator) captures and feeds on another organism (the prey)
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