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16 Cards in this Set
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Carbon Cycle |
The movement of from the nothing environment into living things and back |
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Respiration |
The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between living cells and their environment |
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Nitrogen Cycle |
The cycling of nitrogen between organisms,soil,water,and the atmoshere |
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Phosphorus Cycle |
The cycle movement of phosphorus in different chemical forms from the environment to organisms and the back to the environment |
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Population |
A group of or organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographic area and interbreed. |
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Carrying Capactiy |
The largest population that an environment can support at any given time. |
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Predation |
An interaction between two organisms in which one organisms, the predator ,kills and feeds on the other organisms ,the prey |
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Coevolution |
The evolution of two or more species that is due to mutual influence |
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Parasitism |
A relationship between two species in which one species , the parasite, benefits from the other species ,the host , which is harmed |
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Symbiosis |
A relationship between two different organisms live in close association with each other |
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Mutualism |
A relationship with two species in which both species benefit |
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Commensalism |
A relationship between two organisms in which one organisms benefits and the other is unaffected |
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Niche |
The unique position occupied by a species , both in terms of its physical use of its habitat and its function within an ecological community |
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Fundamental niche |
The largest ecological niche where an organisms or species can live without competition |
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Realized niche |
The range of resources that a species uses , the conditions that the species can tolerate ,and the functional roles that the species plays as a result of competition in the species fundamental niche |
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