Chapter 1

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Structural Adaptation

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Physical feature that helps an organism survive and reproduce

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Adaptations

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Characteristics that enable organisms to better survive and reproduce

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Behavioural Adaptation

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What an organism does to help it survive and reproduce

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Physiological Adaptation

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Functional feature (something happens inside the organism) that helps the organism survive and reproduce

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Biosphere

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The thin layer of water, air and land on or near the earths surface

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Biome

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Largest division of the biosphere that includes large regions containing similar biotic components

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Biodiversity

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The variety of all living species of plants, animals, and micro organisms on earth

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Biotic

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Living organisms such as plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria

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Abiotic

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Non-living parts of the environment such as water, soil, temperature, sunlight, and elevation

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Climatograph

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A graph of climate data for a specific region; includes precipitation and climate

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Ecological hierarchy

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Order of biotic interactions and relationships in an ecosystem

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Ecosystem

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A part of a biome where the abiotic components interact w/ biotic components

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Elevation

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The height of a land mass above sea level

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Eutrophication

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The process which excess nutrients in aquatic ecosystems result in increased plant production and decay

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Habitat

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The place where an organism lives

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Latitude

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“Flatitude”

The distance north or south from the equator

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Niche

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Special role an organism plays in an ecosystem

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Symbiosis

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Interaction between two dif. Species that live together in a close association

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Predation

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Predator - prey interactions in which an organism eats all or part of another organism

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Competition

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Harmful interaction between 2 or more organisms where they compete for the same resource in the same area at the same time

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Mutualism

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Symbiotic relationship between 2 organisms where both benefit

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Parasitism

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Symbiotic relationship where one species is benefitting and the other is being harmed

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Terrestrial

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Relating to the land

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Species

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A group of closely related organisms that can reproduce with eachother

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Population

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All the members if a particular species within an ecosystem

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Commensalism

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Symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is not benefited or harmed

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Community

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All the populations of the different species that interact in an ecosystem