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Chapter 18 section 2
Biology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| habitat | the place where an organism usually lives |
| biotic factor | an eviornmental factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms |
| abiotic factor | an eviornmental factor that is not associated with the activities of living organisms |
| tolerence curve | a graph of the performance of an organism versus the value of an enviornmental variable |
| acclimation | an organism's change in response to a change in the organism's enviornment |
| conformer | organisms that do not regulate their internal conditions; they change as their external enviornment changes |
| regulator | organisms that use energy to control some their internal conditions |
| dormancy | a state in which seeds, spores, bulbs, and other reproductive organs stop growth and development and reduce their metabolism, especially resperation |
| migration | a movement of individuals or populations from one location to to another |
| niche | the unique position occupied by a species, both in terms of its physical use of its habitat and its function with in an ecological community |
| generalist | species with broad niches; cna tolerate a range of conditions |
| specialist | species that have narrow niches |
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