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what shapes an ecosystem

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the biological influences on organisms within an ecosystem   biotic factors  
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physical, or nonliving factors that shape ecosystems   abiotic factors  
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together, _______ and __________ factors determine the survival and growth of an organism and the productivity of the ecosystem in which the organism lives   biotic abiotic  
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the area where an organism lives   habitat  
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full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the way the organism uses those conditions   niche  
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community interactions, such as _____, ______ and various forms of ______, can powerfully affect and ecosystem   competition, predation, symbiosis  
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any necessity of life   resource  
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no two species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same time   competitive exclusion principle  
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an interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism   predation  
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any relationship where two species live closely   symbiosis  
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both species benefit from the symbiotic relationship   mutualism  
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symbiosis where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed   commensalism  
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symbiosis where one organism lives on or inside another and harms it   parasitism  
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t/f ecosystems are constantly changing in response to natural and human disturbances   true  
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true/false as an ecosystem changes, older inhabitants gradually die out and new organisms move in, causing further changes in the community   true  
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the series of predictable changes that occurs in a community over time is called _______ _________   ecological succession  
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on land, succession that occurs on surfaces where on soil exists is called_________ ________   primary succession  
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the first species to populate an area   pioneer species  
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when a disturbance of se kind changes an existing community w/o removing the soil   SECONDARY SUCCESSION  
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