Chapter 18.2 Vocabulary
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| Habitat | the place where an organism lives
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| Biotic Factor | the living components of the environment
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| Abiotic Factor | nonliving factors of the environment
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| Tolerance Curve | a graph of performance versus values of an environmental variable, such as temperature
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| Acclimation | the process where some organisms can adjust their tolerance to abiotic factors
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| Conformer | organisms that do not regulate their internal conditions; change as external environmental conditions change
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| Regulator | organisms that use energy to control some of their internal conditions
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| Dormancy | a longer-term strategy to enter a state of reduced energy to withstand unsuitable conditions
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| Migration | another strategy to move to another place to withstand unsuitable conditions
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| Niche | from the Old French "nichier," meaning "to nest"; the specific role of an organism within its environment
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| Generalist | species with broad niches; can tolerate range of conditions and use a variety of resources
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| Specialist | species that have narrow niches
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