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Chapter 18 Section 2
Ecology Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Habitat | The place where an organism usually lives. |
| Biotoic Factor | An environmental factor that is a associated with or a results from the activities of living organisms. |
| Abiotic Factor | An envirinmental factor that is not associated with the activities of living organisms. |
| Tolerance Curve | A grap of performance versus values of an environmental variable, such as temperature. |
| Acclimation | An organism's change in response to a change in the organis's environment. |
| Conformer | An organism that does not regulate it's internal conditions; they change as their external environment changes. |
| Regulartor | An organism that uses its energy to control its internal conditions |
| Dormancy | A state in which seeds, spores, bulbs, and other reproductive organs stop growth and development and reduce their metabolism, especially respiration. |
| Migration | IN general, any movement of individuals or populations from one location to another; specifically, a periodic group movement that is characteristic of a given population or species. |
| Niche | The unique position occupied by a species, both interms of its physical use of its habitat and its fuction within an ecological community. |
| Generalist | A species with a wide range of niches; they can tolerate a range of conditions with a variety of resources. |
| Specialist | A species that can tolerate only certain niches with specific resources. |
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