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AB Ch.18 Sec.2
AB Ch.18 Sec. 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| habitat | the place where an organism usually lives |
| biotic factor | an enviromental factor that is associated with or results from the activites living organisms |
| abiotic factor | an enviromental factor that is not associated with the activites of living organisms |
| tolerance curve | a graph of the performance of an organism versus the value of an enviromental variable |
| acclimation | an organisms in response to change in the organisms enviroment |
| conformer | an organism changes |
| regulator | supresses the activity of one or more objects |
| dormancy | a state in which seeds, spores,bulubs, and other reproductive organs stop growth and development and reduce their metabolism especially respiration |
| migration | in general any movement of individuals or populations form one location to another, specifically a periodic group movement that is a characteristic of a given population or species |
| niche | a unique position occupied by a species, both in terms of it's physical use of it's habitat and it's function within an ecological community |
| generalist | someone who knows enough about the subject to guess but, does not specialize in it |
| specialist | someone who specializes in a certain subject |