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BIO

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Biosphere   The part of Earth where life exist including water and land.  
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Ecology   The relation and interaction between organisms and the enviroment  
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Population   all species living in one area  
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community   an assemblage interacting populations given an area  
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ecosystem   a community of organism interacting with each other  
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biome   a large occupying major habitat  
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biotic   relating to another organism or a living thing  
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abiotic   no derived from living things  
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autotroph   an organism that is able to to form natural organic substances  
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primary produce   Organisms in an eco system that can produce inorganic compounds  
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heterotroph   An organism that is required organic compounds for its source of food  
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consumer   An organism that feeds on other animals  
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Habitat   an environment for an organism  
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Niche   a function of an animal in a eco system  
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Resource   a source of supply and supprot  
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Predation   An animal that captures an organism and feeds on others  
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Herbivory   feeds on animal  
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Symbiosis   mutalism  
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Mutualism   two organism that benefit in a on eco system  
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Paratism   An organism that is parasite on another  
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Commensalism   a relation between two organism that can't be in danger  
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Density   Closely set or crowded  
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Distribution   something that is distributed  
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Age Structure   Distribution of various age in a population  
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Immigration   to enter into a new habitat  
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Emigration   to leave a habitat  
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Exponential growth   growth of biological animals  
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Logistic growth   decrease of biological animals  
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Carrying Capacity   an environment that has food, water, habitat, and other resources  
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Limiting Factor   Limits growth of population  
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Density Dependent   When a population is too large then everyone will suffer because all resources are gone  
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Density Independent   When a population is too large and not affected  
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Competition   An interaction between on organism which one has lowered presence by another  
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Biodiversity   The variety of life in an eco system or habitat  
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Habitat fragmentation   The habitat loss of isolated remnants  
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Stability   Act of being stable  
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Ecological succesion   Process of change in species structure of an ecology over time.  
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Primary succesion   Where an environment lacks soil and vegetation  
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Pioneer species   Species that are first to colonize a damaged eco system  
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Secondary succesion   Series of changes taken on a damaged eco system areas including no vegation  
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Agriculture   practice of farming  
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monoculture   Single crop in a given area  
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Renewable resource   A resource that can be used again  
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Non renewable resource   A resource that cannot be used  
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Sustainable resource   A resource that is not damaged or not depleted  
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sustainability   The ability to continue a defined behavior and turn to experts.  
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Desertion   A land that is dry  
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Deforestation   A land that all forest is desctructed  
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Biological magnification   Heavy Metals move up to the food chain  
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Acid Rain   Acid Rain is caused by sulfur dioxide and nirtogen oxide  
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Green House   A house emitted by sun  
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Disturbance Ecology   Temporary change in an environment that causes change in an eco system  
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Ecological footprint   measure of human demand on earths eco system, the amount of natural capacity each year  
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