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1
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What is a biome?

A

a large region with biotic and abiotic factors

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2
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What are the 8 earth biomes?

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tundra
temperate deciduous forest
temperate rain forest
tropical rain forest
boreal forest
grassland
desert
permanent ice
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What are the 2 main abiotic factors?

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temperature and precipitation

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What are 4 factors that influence temperature and precipitation?

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land
elevation
wind
ocean currents

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What are climatographs?

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graphs of climate data for a specific region over a period of time

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6
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What is climate?

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average pattern of weather conditions over a period of years

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What are adaptions?

A

characteristics that allow organisms to better survive and reproduce

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What are the 3 types of adaptions?

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structural
physiological
behavioral

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9
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What is structural adaption?

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a physical feature of an organism’s body with a specific function for survival

[ex. porcupine spines]

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What is physiological adaption?

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a physical or chemical event that happens within an organism’s body to allow it to survive

[ex. wolves keep a constant body heat all year round]

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What is behavioral adaption?

A

what an organism does to survive in it’s environment

[ex. owls put cow dung at it’s home entrance]

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What is an ecosystem?

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a part of a biome where abiotic and biotic components interact

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13
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What is habitat?

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a place where an organism lives in an ecosystem

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14
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What is a niche?

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a special role that every organism plays

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What is a species?

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a group related organisms that can reproduce with one another

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What is population?

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the members of a species within an ecosystem

17
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What is community?

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all the populations of different species that interact

18
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List the ecological hierarchy from smallest to largest.

A 
organism
species
population
community
ecosystem
biome
biosphere
19
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What is symbiosis?

A

the interaction of 2 different organisms that live together

20
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What are the 3 different types of interactions in an ecosystem?

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commensalism
mutuallism
parasitism

21
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What is commensalism?

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a symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and the other is unharmed

22
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What is mutuallism?

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a symbiotic relationship where both species benefit

23
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What is parasitism?

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a symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and the other is harmed

24
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What is competition?

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a harmful interaction between 2 organisms competing for the same resource

25
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What is predation?

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describes predator-prey interaction where the predator eats all of part of the other organism

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