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Vocab 18.2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Habitat | place where an organism lives |
| biotic factors | living components of the enviroment |
| abiotic factors | nonliving thing |
| tolerence curve | a graph of performance versus values of an enviromental variable |
| acclimation | some organisms can adjust their tolerence to abiotioc factors through this process |
| conformers | organisms that do not regulate their internal conditions |
| regulators | organisms that use energy to control some of their internal conditions |
| dormancy | a state of reduced activity |
| migration | to move to a more favorable enviroment |
| niche | the specific role or way of life of an organism within its enviroment |
| generalists | species with broad niches |
| specialists | have narrow niches |