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Science U10
Science
Question | Answer |
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Ecosystem | from the root words house and working together, house or habitation that works together in harmony |
The ______ of an organism is the purpose and function of an organism as it contributes to its habitat. | niche |
Environment | the living and nonliving elements surrounding an organism at a given time |
Climax community? | the very complex, stable environment that at last takes over at the end of a process |
Community | the combination of all the populations in an environment |
How does biodiversity in an ecosystem encourage sustainability? | It helps the ecosystem to be more resilient under stress and recover more easily when changes occur. |
Ecological succession | the normal, gradual replacement of one community of organisms by another, a fairly predictable process of communities growing and replacing one another |
Sustainability | the ability of an ecosystem to maintain its balance of resources and continue its processes over a long period of time |
What describes a population in an ecosystem | all the organisms in the same species in an environment |