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What is the definition of biotic

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Living factors in the enviroment of an organism

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What is the definition of compition

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Occurs between organisms when resources are in short supply

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What is the definition of succession

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Sequence of stages by which a mature biological community develops

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What is the definition of Habitat

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The specific set of environmental conditions where organisms live

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What is the definition of community

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All plants and animales that live in the same area and interact

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What is the definition of adaptions

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The structural, behavioral and physiological features of an organisms that enables it to live successfully in its niche

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What is the definition for abotic

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Non living factors in the environment

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What are abotic examples

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Sunlight, water,humidity, temp, alitiude, types of soil, wind,

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What is the definition pf a producer

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All plants that produce food in photosynthesis and therefore starts all food chains

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What is the definition of zoneasion

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The distinct bands of life that occur with changes in altitude eg:up a mountain or on a tidal rocky shore.

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What is the definition of organism.

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any living thing

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What is the definition of enviroment

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Board genral conditions, both abotic and biotic, where organisms lives

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What is the definition of predator

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something that eats meat and hunts other animals

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what is the definition of species

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organisms of the same kind that looks alike and freely interbreed to produce fertile offspring

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what is the definition of consumer/herbivore

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all organisms that eat organic material

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what is the definition of population

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members of a same species that live in the same area

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what is the definition of stratification

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vertical layering of plants within a forest

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what is the definition ecological niche

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role of an organism in its community as determined by its habitat

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what is the definition of tolerance

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ability of an organism to cope with the range of any of the abiotic factors in its enviroment.

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what is the definition of ecosystem

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the biological community together with its physical enviroment

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What is the definition of decomposers

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bacteria and fungi that break down wastes and bodies.