Unit 5: Adaptations and Evolution Flashcards

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Abiotic

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physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.

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Biotic

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relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations.

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Biodiversity

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a variety of organisms in an ecosystem or biome

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Climax community

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a dominant community of plants and animals that come to live in an area.

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Ecological succession

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the changing sequence of communities that live in an ecosystem during a given time period

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Limiting factor

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a condition or resource that keeps a population at a certain size

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Microhabitat

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a small or specialized habitat within a larger habitat

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Pioneer species

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first organisms to live in an area

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Primary succession

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a process that develops a biotic community in a previously uninhabited and barren habitat with little or no soil

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Secondary succession

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a process started by an event that reduces an already established ecosystem to a smaller population of species

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Sustainability

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ability to maintain ecological processes over long periods of time; ability of an ecosystem to maintain its structure and function over time

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Biome

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a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra.

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