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Competition/Environmental Changes 8th Grade

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ecosystem   a system composed of all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them (Great Plains grasslands)  
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abiotic factors   factors that are neither living nor produced by living things  
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biotic factors   factors that are living or produced by living things  
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intraspecies competition   more than one individual in an ecosystem relies upon the same limited resources (several squirrels in one pecan tree)  
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interspecies competition   more than one population in an ecosystem relies upon the same limited resources (squirrels and birds in the same tree)  
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biome   a large region of the world that has similar organisms, which are adapted to the terrain and climate of that region (grassland)  
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long-term environmental change   environmental change that occurs slowly over time and affects organisms over generations (temperature change)  
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short-term environmental change   an environmental change that happens quickly but does not last a long time (storm)  
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extinct   the permanent disappearance of a species from Earth  
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adaptation   a process by which a population becomes better suited to its environment by increasing the frequencies of gene alleles that provide benefits to survival and reproduction  
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pollutants   harmful substances that contaminate a natural environment  
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climate   average weather conditions for a large region over many years  
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behavioral adaptation   responses made by an organism that help it to survive/reproduce (nesting behaviors)  
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physiological adaptation   a body process that helps an organism to survive/reproduce (e.g. hibernation)  
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structural adaptation   a feature of an organism’s body that helps it to survive/reproduce  
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competition   more than one individual or population in an ecosystem relies upon the same limited resources  
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weather   the condition of the atmosphere at a specific place and time  
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volcano   an environmental change that has both short-term and long-term effects  
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natural disaster   an event caused by nature that has a detrimental (harmful) effect on ecosystems/habitats  
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habitat   the place in the ecosystem where a species needs to live (birds make nests in trees)  
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niche   the role or job of a species within its ecosystem  
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