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Cubangbang #129271
Cubangbang's 7thA Ch. 21 Ecosystem Stack #129271
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ecology | the study of organisms in their habitats |
| Ecosystem | a limited area in which living and nonliving things interact |
| Abiotic community and Biotic community | the two major parts that make up an ecosystem |
| Abiotic community | the nonliving factors in an ecosystem |
| Biotic community | the living organisms is an ecosystem |
| Niche | the role or function of an organism in its environment |
| Light, temperature, water, soil and substrate, and wind or current | the five major abiotic factors in most ecosystems |
| Water cycle | a continuous movement of water from the atmosphere to the earth and back to the atmosphere |
| Habitat | the place where an organism lives |
| Climax community | a relatively stable community in the succession of organisms in an area |
| Succession | a predictable series of changes that occur in biotic communities as they progress toward a climax community |
| Population | all the members of one kind of organism living in a particular ecosystem |
| Circadian rhythm | a regular fluctuation in a living organism that repeats on a 24 |
| Producer organisms and Consumer organisms | the population in a biotic community can be divided into two groups, what are those two groups |
| Producer organisms | an organism that manufactures its own food |
| Consumer organisms | an organism that uses food manufactured by other organisms |
| Nitrogen cycle | the process by which nitrogen moves, in various compounds, through biotic and abiotic communities as it is used and reused |
| Nocturnal | active at night |
| Diurnal | active during the day |
| Seasonal Rhythm | a change that takes place annually in an ecosystem |
| Hibernation | a dormant state involving a slowing of life processes; permits certain animals to survive winter conditions |
| Farmer’s field, school yard, and golf course | 3 artificial or manmade ecosystems |
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