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Bio 4.1 & 4.2
Climate and Communities
Term | Definition |
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climate | Environmental conditions over large areas and a long period of time |
greenhouse effect | Heat from Earth's surface is absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases, and re-radiated in all directions. |
microclimate | Envrionmental conditions vary over small distances |
commensalism | Relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed |
mutualism | Relationship where both organisms benefit |
parasitism | Relationship in which one organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it |
habitat | The natural environment in which an organism lives |
niche | Biotic and abiotic conditions in which an organism lives and does its job |
herbivory | Interaction in which one organism feeds on plants (primary producers) |
predation | Interaction in which one organisim captures and feeds on another oraganism (The Prey). |
resource | any necessity of life, such as water, nutrients, light, food, or space |
symbiosis | interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association |