Interdependence Flashcards
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Ecosystem
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Interacting populations if organisms with biotic and abiotic factors.
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Competition
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More than one individual or population in an ecosystem relies upon the same limited recourses.
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A-Biotic Factors
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Non-living factor that effects the ecosystem: light, space, temperature, shelter, water, soil composition.
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Biotic Factor
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Living factors that affect the ecosystem: food sources, other population members, other species.
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Niche
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Role in an ecosystem.
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Limiting Factor
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A biotic or abiotic factor needed as a resource for survival; depletion prevents growth or expansion of the organism or population.