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11 Cards in this Set
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Ecosystem
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Self-containedunit made up of the biotic and abiotic factors in an area
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Population
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Agroup of individuals of the same species in a habitat
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Community
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Theorganisms of all species that live in the same area
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Habitat
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Theplace where an organism normally lives
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Gross production |
Totalquantity of energy that the plants in a community convert to organic matter
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Net production |
Grossproduction – respiratory losses |
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SaprobioticMicro-organism
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Anorganisms that gets it food from the dead or decaying remains of otherorganisms
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Ammonification |
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Succession |
Thechanges in an ecosystem, over time, of the species that occupy it |
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Pioneer Species
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Aspecies that can colonise bare rock or ground
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Climax community
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Thestable, final, community that exists in a balanced equilibrium
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