Ecosystem Definitions Flashcards
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Habitat
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The place where an organism lives
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Population
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A group of interbreeding organisms of one species in a habitat
3
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Community
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Populations of different species we in a habitat make up a community
4
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Ecosystem
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A community plus all abiotic conditions in the area which it lives
5
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Abiotic conditions
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Non living features of the ecosystem
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Biotic conditions
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The living features of the ecosystem
7
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Niche
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The role of a species within its habitat
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Adaptation
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A feature that members of a species have that increased their chance of survival and reproduction
9
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Ecology
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Study of interrelationships between organism and their environment
10
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Biosphere
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Regions of the surface and atmosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms
