Ecology Key Terms
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| Abiotic | Nonliving
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| Biotic | Of or having to do with life or living organisms.
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| Biosphere | The part of the earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
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| Biodiversity | The number and variety of organisms found within a specified geographic region.
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| Carrying capacity | The maximum number of individuals that a given environment can support without detrimental effects.
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| Community | A group of plants and animals living and interacting with one another in a specific region under relatively similar environmental conditions.
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| Ecology | The science of the relationships between organisms and their environments.
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| Ecosystem | An ecological community together with its environment, functioning as a unit.
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| Extinct | No longer existing or living.
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| Limiting factor | The success of an organism is limited by the presence or absence of the factors necessary for survival.
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| Population | All the organisms that constitute a specific group or occur in a specified habitat.
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| Succession | The gradual and orderly process of ecosystem development brought about by changes in community composition and the production of a climax characteristic of a particular geographic region.
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