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Adaptation

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When an individual is well suited to surfing in its ecosystem it is said to be adaptive.

They are the characteristics of an individual that help it survive and reproduce.

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Population

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When many individuals of the same species occupy they same habitat

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Habitat

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Where an organism lives.
Individuals of the same species are more likely to occupy the same species.
Many species could occupy the same habitat

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Community

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Multiple populations of different species in the same habitat

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Ecosystem

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A community and the abiotic condition in the environment together form an ecosystem

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Abiotic

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Non living environmental factors

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Biotic

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Living environmental factors

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Niche

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Every species has a specific role in an ecosystem

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