Habitats

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Adaptions

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Features that appear to equip an organism for survival in. Particular habitat

Question 1

Abiotic

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Non living factors in an ecosystem

Question 2

Habitat

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Part of an ecosystem in which an organism lives, feeds and reproduces

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Micro habitat

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The more specific location that an organism inhabits. For example amongst specific reeds in a pond habitat.

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Biotic

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Living factors in an ecosystem

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Ephemeral

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Refers to plant species that germinate, grow and produce seed within a short period of weeks

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Limiting factor

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Environmental condition that restricts the types of organism that can survive in a given habitat

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Diapause

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The state of inactivity characterised by low metabolism

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Drought

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Periods of deficiency in rainfall compared with the average

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Dormancy

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Condition of inactivity resulting from extreme lowering of metabolic rate in an organism

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Stomata

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Openings typically on a leaf surface, through which water vapour and carbon dioxide can move

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Transpiration

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The loss of water from surfaces of a plant

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Water tapers

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Trees that possess a single main root extending to depths near the water table before forming lateral branches

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El Niño

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Global weather event, occurring every two to seven years, that produces drought conditions in Eastern Australia.

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La Niña

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Global weather event, occurring every two to seven years, that produces conditions of higher than average rainfall in Eastern Australia.

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Leaching

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Gradual loss of mineral nutrients from soil when they are dissolved and washed away.

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Tolerance range

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Extent of variation in an environmental factor within which a particular species can survive

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Niche

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A way of life of an organism in an ecosystem; roles of species in a community

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Niche overlap

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Situation in an ecosystem in which different species are in competition for the same energy resources; in reality, niche overlap in natural ecosystems is typically zero or minimal

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PAT tag (pop off archival tag)

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Tag fitted to a marine animal that collects data relating to the environmental conditions. The tag then ‘pops’ off to the ocean surface where it can transmit the data to a satellite network

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Migratory

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Refers to a population that moves to a new habitat at a predictable time, either on an annual basis or once in a lifetime.

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Extreme environments

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Describes environmental conditions in so-called hostile habitats (from a human perspective)

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Community

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Biological unit consisting of all the populations living in a specific area at a specific time

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Chenopod shrublands

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Major vegetation type dominated by saltbushes and bluebushes occurring in arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.

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Behavioural features

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Activities that animals perform in response to internal and external stimuli.

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Biodiversity

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Total variety of life forms, their genes and te ecosystems of which they are of part

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Metabolism

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Total of all chemical reactions occurring in a living thing

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Range

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A geographic area enclosing all the habitats where a given species lives; sometimes referred to a distribution