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climate   climate helps determine the kinds of plants and animals that live in an area. each biome has a different cliamte  
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biome   a large region on earth that has specific plant and animal communities.  
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habitat destruction   when a human interacts or natural disasters interfere with an organism's habitat.  
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limiting factors   any biotic or abiotic factor that prevents a population from growing  
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ecological succession   a gradual change in an ecosystem over time  
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primary succession   occurs in an area where no previous ecosystem existed  
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secondary succession   can also occur following a change or disturbance  
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littoral   the area where the pond meets land  
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limnetic   dominated my floating plants  
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profundal   present in deeper ponds  
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benthic   darkest zone and it rarely has any plantlife  
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permafrost   a permanent layer of frozen soil  
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conifers   coniferous trees  
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intertidal zone   where the ocean meets the shore  
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pelagic zone   the open ocean  
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benthic zone   receives minimal sunlight  
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abysal zone   deepest, darkest zone in the ocean  
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phytoplankton   micro-organisms that eat zoplankton  
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zooplankton   the oceans producers  
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deciduous trees   trees that loose their leaves because of the loss of chlorophyll  
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dessert biome   hottest, driest biome  
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tropical rain forest   biome with most rainfall and most organisms  
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grassland   biome that is hot in the summer and cold n the winter  
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algae   most common producer of freshwater  
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esunary   has freshwater and saltwater  
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paracitism   a symbiotic relationship where one organism is benefited and one organism is harmed  
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commenislism   a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefited and the other is not helped or harmed in any way  
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mutualism   a symbiotic relationship where both organisms are benefited by the relationship  
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climax community   the final stage to take place during succession  
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pioneer species   grasses and weeds that grow during succession  
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opportunists species   use their energy for producing seeds form offspring  
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colonizers   the first organisms to grow during succession  
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