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Study guide for a grade 9 honors biology final.

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show The study of interactions between organisms and the living and nonliving components of their environment.  
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Biotic Factor   show
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Abiotic Factor   show
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show The adjustment of tolerance to abiotic factors.  
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Conformer   show
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Regulator   show
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Niche   show
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show The range of conditions that a species can potentially tolerate as well as the resources it can potentially use.  
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Realized Niche   show
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show A species with broad niches, being able to tolerate a range of conditions and use a variety of resources.  
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Specialist   show
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show How crowded a population is.  
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show The spatial distribution of individuals within a population.  
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Density-Independent Factor   show
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Density-Dependent Factor   show
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show An individual who captures, kills, and consumes another individual.  
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show An individual who is captured, killed, and consumed.  
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Herbivore   show
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Secondary Compound   show
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Parasitism   show
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Parasite   show
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show The individual being feeded on in parasitism.  
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Ectoparasite   show
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Endoparasite   show
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Competitive Exclusion   show
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show A cooperative relationship in which both species derives some benefit.  
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show The number of species a community contains.  
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Species Diversity   show
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Succession   show
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show The development of a community in an area that has not supported life previously.  
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Secondary Succession   show
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show A bacteria's ability to produce carbohydrates by using energy from inorganic molecules.  
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Gross Primary Productivity   show
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Biomass   show
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Net Primary Productivity   show
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Consumers   show
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show An organism that eats consumers.  
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Omnivore   show
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show A consumer that feeds on the wastes of an ecosystem.  
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Decomposer   show
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show An organism's position in the sequence of energy transfers.  
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Food Chain   show
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show The interrelated food chains in an ecosystem.  
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Nitrogen Cycle   show
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show The process of converting nitrogen gas to nitrate,  
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Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria   show
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Ammonofication   show
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Nitrification   show
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show A process in which anaerobic bacteria breaks down nitrates and releases nitrogen gas back into the atmosphere.  
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Tundra   show
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show A very large terrestrial ecosystem that contains a number of smaller by related ecosystems within them.  
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show The part of the ocean that receives sunlight.  
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Aphotic Zone   show
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Intertidal Zone   show
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Neretic Zone   show
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Oceanic Zone   show
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show The open ocean.  
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show The ocean bottom.  
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Plankton   show
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show A occurrence where freshwater rivers and streams flow into the sea.  
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show Lakes that are rich in organic matter and vegetation.  
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Oligotrophic Lakes   show
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Biosphere   show
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show All of the organisms and the nonliving environment found in a particular place.  
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Community   show
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Population   show
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Competition   show
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Pioneer Species   show
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Ground Water   show
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show The movement of water between various reservoirs.  
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show A process in which plants take in water through their roots and take in carbon dioxide through their stomata.  
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show A process in which carbon is cycled through the biosphere.  
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show A forested biome dominated by evergreen trees.  
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Temperate Deciduous Forest   show
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Temperate Grasslands   show
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show A biome that receives an average of less than 25 centimeters of rainfall per year.  
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Savanna   show
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Tropical Rain Forest   show
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