Biodiversity
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| The study of the relationships between living things and their surrounds. | Ecology
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| The zone of air, land, and water of the planet that is occupied by organisms. | Biosphere
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| All living (Biotic) and non-living (abiotic) things in a designated area. | Ecosystem
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| All living organisms in an ecosystem. | Community
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| The number of individuals of ONE SPECIES within a community. | Population
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| An individual member of a species. | Organism
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| Ecological or environmental areas that are inhabited by a particular species of animal, plant or other type of organism. | Habitat
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| The role an animal plays in the habitat. | Niche
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| A division of the world's vegetation that corresponds to a defined climate and is characterized by specific types of plants and animals. | Biome
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| (species diversity) is known as the “variety of life”, and it is always changing. The greater the richness and species numbers, the more sustainable (lasting) the ecosystem. | Biodiversity
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| Describes close and often long-term interactions between different biological Species. | Symbiosis
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| A dependent relationship that benefits both organisms. | Mutualism
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| A dependent relationship that neither helps nor harms the host. | Commensalism
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| A dependent relationship that harms the host. | Parasitism
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| Refers to more-or-less predictable and orderly changes in the composition or structure of an ecological community. | Ecological Succession
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| Succession that begins from bare rock. | Primary Succession
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| Succession that begins from soil. | Secondary Succession
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| The first species that inhabit an area. | Pioneer Species
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| Species that begin to form when soil is rich enough and deep enough to support larger species of plants (which in turn provide animal species with varied shelters). | Intermediate Species
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| Ecosystems that have reached equilibrium (a stable state where very few large changes are taking place). | Climax Community
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| Sometimes ecosystems are affected by plants or animals that are non-native to the ecosystem, and when introduced to it, can cause the ecosystem harm. | Invasive Species
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