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Unit 6 Vocab_Biomes
Question | Answer |
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the place where an organism lives and that provides the things the organism needs | habitat |
all the living and nonliving things that interact in an area | ecosystem |
a nonliving part of an ecosystem | abiotic factor |
a group of similar organisms whose members can mate with one another and produce fertile offspring | species |
a group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms | biome |
a living part of an ecosystem | biotic factor |
the ability to be supported, upheld, or confirmed | sustainability |
a characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment or reproduce | adaptation |
the action or influence of people, groups, or things on one another | interaction |
an organism’s particular role in an ecosystem | niche |
the act or process of populating; a group of one or more species of organisms living in a particular area or habitat | population |
the number of different species in an area | biodiversity |
the series of changes that occur in an area where no ecosystem previously existed | primary succession |
all the different organisms that live together in an area | community |
an environmental factor that tends to limit population size | limiting factors |
the series of changes that occur in a community over time | ecological succession |
an extremely localized, small-scale environment, as a tree stump or a dead animal | microhabitat |
the series of changes that occur after a disturbance in an existing ecosystem | secondary succession |
the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole | fauna |
the final stage of biotic succession attainable by a plant community in an area under the environmental conditions present at a particular time | climax |
the first species to populate the area | pioneer species |
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole | flora |