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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| biosphere | the sum f all living matter on earth |
| environment | all of the living and nonliving factors in an area |
| niche | The function or position of an organism or a population within an ecological community. |
| Species | A group of organisms with similar characteristics that are able to interbreed or exchange genetic material. |
| population | A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area. |
| Community | All of the populations of different species in a particular area |
| Abiotic Factors | Factors that are neither living nor produced by living things. |
| biotic factors | Factors that are living or produced by living things. |
| Competition | More than one individual or population in an ecosystem relies upon the same limited resources. |
| Ecosystem | A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them. |
| Biome | One of the world’s major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by adaptation of organisms to that particular environment. |
| Habitat | A place where an organism naturally lives and grows. |
| Microhabitat | A very small specialized habitat, such as the space under a rock. |
| Biodiversity | The number of different species of plants and animals in an area. |
| Succession | A series of changes in the species composition of a community over time. |
| Climax Community | A relatively stable state of succession, or the end product of succession. |
| Sustainable | Capable of maintaining the current community at a steady level without exhausting natural resources or causing severe ecological damage. |
| Runoff | Rainfall and surface water that drains or flows from the land into streams, rivers, lakes, or the ocean. |
| Artificial Reefs | A man-made, underwater structure that promotes the growth of reef-dwelling aquatic organisms. |
| Invasive Species | A species that enters an area from somewhere else and disrupts the native ecosystem. |
| Long-Term Environmental Change | Environmental change that occurs slowly over time and affects organisms over generations. |
| Short-Term Environmental Change | An environmental change that happens quickly but does not last a long time. |
| Extinct | The permanent disappearance of a species from the Earth. |
| Adaptation | A process by which a population becomes better suited to its environment by increasing the frequencies of alleles that provide benefits to survival and reproduction. |
| Pollution | Harmful substances that contaminate a natural environment. |
| Climate | Average weather conditions for a region year after year. |
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