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Weather day-to-day conditions of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place
Climate the average year-after-year conditions of temperature and precipitation in a particular region
Greenhouse Effect the natural situation in which heat is retained by a layer in the atmosphere of greenhouse gasses
Polar Zone cold areas which the sun's rays strike Earth at a very low angle
Temperate Zone the zones that sit between the polar zone and the tropical zone with changing temperatures of hot to cold
Tropical Zone the zone near the equator with temperatures that are hot year-round
Biotic Factor biological influences on organisms within an ecosystem
Abiotic Factor nonliving factors that shape ecosystems
Habitat the area in which an organism lives
Niche the role an organism has in a habitat
Resource any necessity of life
Competitive Exclusion Principle a fundamental rule that states that no two species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same time
Predation an interaction in which one organism caputes and feeds on another
Symbiosis any relationship in which two species live closely together
Mutualism both species benefit from the relationship
Commensalism one member of the association benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
Parasitism one organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it
Ecological Succession the series of predictable changes that occurs in a community over time
Primary Succession succession that occurs on surfaces where no soil exists
Pioneer Species the first species to populate the area
Secondary Succession when a disturbance of some kind changes an existing community without removing the soil
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