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JMS BIODIVERSITY
Term | Definition |
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Biotic | A living thing that affects the ecosystem. |
Abiotic | A nonliving thing that affects the ecosystem. |
Short-term Environmental Changes | environmental change that occurs quickly and affects organisms immediately. |
Long-term Environmental Changes | Environmental change that occurs slowly over time and affects organisms over generations. |
Investigate | To gather information about a certain thing. |
Explore | Inquire into or discuss (a subject or issue) in detail. "he sets out to explore fundamental questions" |
Ecosystem | A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them. |
Biodiversity | The sum of the different forms of living things in a given area or population. |
Population | A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area |
Dependence | When an organism depends on a factor for survival. |
Primary Succession | The development of an ecological community in a previously uninhabited location. |
Secondary Succession | The development of an ecological community in an area that was once inhabited but experienced devastation |