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Abiotic

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Nonliving factors in an environment

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Biodiversity

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Variety of species on earth

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Biome

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Large region classified by living organisms, climate, and geographical features

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Biotic

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Living factors in an environment

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Community

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Population of multiple species living in same area

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Disturbance

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Abrupt event in environment (changes type of organisms, resources available, kinds of species present)

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Ecological Sucession

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When disturbed area is taken by new species/group

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Ecology

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Study of living things and how they interact with each other and environment

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Ecosystem

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Community of various organisms within particular environment

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Habitat

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Specific environment that an organism lives in

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Organism

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Individual, forms basic life functions

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Primary Sucession

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Ecological succession that starts where there were no living organisms (on rock)

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Resilience

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Ability of ecosystem to recover after major disturbance

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Resistance

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Ability of ecosystem to resist external influence, such as a disturbance

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Secondary Sucession

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Ecological Succession that occurs where there I are some living organisms (after Forrest fire)

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Amensalism

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One species is harmed, other neither benefits or harmed

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Commensalism

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One species benefits, other is neither benefited or harmed

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Consumers

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Organisms that eat other organisms to survive

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Dead Zone

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Area of water that is so depleted by oxygen organisms must migrate

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Decomposers

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Organisms that obtain energy by eating dead/decaying organisms

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Energy Pyramid

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Diagram that shows energy available at each level of organisms

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Eutrophication

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Dramatic increase of in nutrients in aquatic environment (increases plant growth)

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Food web

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Diagram of relationship between interacting food chains

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Mutualism

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Symbiotic relationship, both benefit

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Parasitism

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Symbiotic relationship, one benefits other harmed

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Phytoplankton

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Plankton capable of photosynthesis

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Plankton

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Drifting aquatic organisms, mostly live in open waters

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Producers

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Organisms capable to make their own energy

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Symbiosis

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Close ecological relationship between organisms

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Food web

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Diagram of relationship between interacting food chains

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Mutualism

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Symbiotic relationship, both benefit

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Parasitism

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Symbiotic relationship, one benefits other harmed

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Phytoplankton

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Plankton capable of photosynthesis

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Plankton

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Drifting aquatic organisms, mostly live in open waters

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Producers

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Organisms capable to make their own energy

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Symbiosis

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Close ecological relationship between organisms

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Food web

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Diagram of relationship between interacting food chains

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Mutualism

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Symbiotic relationship, both benefit

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Parasitism

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Symbiotic relationship, one benefits other harmed

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Phytoplankton

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Plankton capable of photosynthesis

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Plankton

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Drifting aquatic organisms, mostly live in open waters

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Producers

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Organisms capable to make their own energy

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Symbiosis

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Close ecological relationship between organisms

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Food web

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Diagram of relationship between interacting food chains

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Mutualism

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Symbiotic relationship, both benefit

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Parasitism

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Symbiotic relationship, one benefits other harmed

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Phytoplankton

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Plankton capable of photosynthesis

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Plankton

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Drifting aquatic organisms, mostly live in open waters

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Producers

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Organisms capable to make their own energy

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Symbiosis

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Close ecological relationship between organisms

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Zooplankton

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Plankton that derive energy from food they eat (often other plankton)

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Carrying capacity

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Largest population of a species that an ecosystem can support long-term

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Density-dependent factors

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Factor that changes when population density changes (amount of food per individual)

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Density- independent factors

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Factor that is not directly affected by population density (effect of natural disaster)

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Limiting factor

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Causes change in particular variable (such as population)

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Population

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Group of individuals of same species, live in same general area, able to reproduce

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Population growth rate

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Rate of change in a population over specified intervals of time

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Invasive species

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Nonnative species that enters new area, causes harm to native species and environment, economy, or human health

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Nonnative species

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Species considered not to be found in an environment

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