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RChapter 18 Section2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Habitat | The place where an organism usually lives |
| Biotic Factor | An environmental factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms |
| Abiotic Factor | An environmental factor that is not associated with the activities of living organisms |
| Tolerence Curve | A graph of the performance of an organisim versus the value of an enviornmental variable |
| Acclimation | An organism's change in response to a change in the organism's environment |
| Conformer | Organisims that do not regulate their internal conditions; change as their external envoirnment chnages |
| Regulator | Organisims that use energy to control some of their internal conditions |
| Dormancy | A state in which seeds, spores, bulbs, and other reproductive organs stop growth and development and reduce their metabolism, especially respiration |
| Migration | In general, any movement of individuals or populations from one location to another; specifically, a periodic group movement that is characteristic of a given population or species |
| Niche | The unique position occupied by a species, both in terms of its physical use of its habitat and its function within an ecological community |
| Generalist | A species that has a broad niche such that the species can tolerate a wide range of conditions and can use a variety of resources |
| Specialist | An individual or a species that is adapted to a particular environmental factor or ecological niche and that can tolerate only a narrow range of conditions |