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Chapter 21

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ecology   the study of organisms in their habitats  
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ecosystem   the limited area in which living and nonliving things interact  
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abiotic environment   all the nonliving factors in an ecosystem  
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biotic community   all the living organisms in an ecosystem  
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habitat    
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niche   what an organism does  
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artificial ecosystem   manmade ecosystem  
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humus   made of decaying plant and animals materials  
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water cycle   the continuous movement of water from the atmosphere the earth and back to the atmosphere  
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evaporation   the movement of water from the earth to the atmosphere  
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ecology   the study of organisms in their habitats  
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ecosystem   the limited area in which living and nonliving things interact  
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abiotic environment   all the nonliving factors in an ecosystem  
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biotic community   all the living organisms in an ecosystem  
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habitat    
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niche   what an organism does  
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artificial ecosystem   manmade ecosystem  
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humus   made of decaying plant and animals materials  
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water cycle   the continuous movement of water from the atmosphere the earth and back to the atmosphere  
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evaporation   the movement of water from the earth to the atmosphere  
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precipitation   the atmospheric water that falls back to earth  
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water table   as the groundwater collects in the earth, it forms a reservoir  
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population   all the individuals from the same species in am an ecosystem  
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producers organism   manufactures their own food  
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consumer organism   cannot manufacture their own food  
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oxygen cycles   shows one way in which the physical environment and different populations of the biotic community work together in an ecosystem  
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nitrogen cycle   designed processes for converting some of that nitrogen into usable compounds  
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rhythms   the changes that happen on a regular basis in an ecosystem  
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circadian rhythm   the changes in the meadow that were described in the opening paragraphs of this section are part of  
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nocturnal   the species were entering a period of rest while the diurnal  
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diurnal   species were entering a period of activity  
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seasonal rhythm   the change in the ecosystem that occur with the change of season  
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dormant buds   during the autumn the growing tips of these woody plants to form ______  
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hibernation   the dormant state which permits certain animals to survive the winter  
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