BIOSPHERE | ENERGY FLOW IN THE ECOSYSTEM | CYCLES OF MATTER | CLIMATE | NICHES AND COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS |
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what is species
a group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring
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What is food chain
series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating another being
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What is nutrients
chemical substances that an organism needs to sustain life
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What is weather
day to day conditions of earths atmosphere
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What is tolerance
ability to survive and reproduce under a range of enviromental conditions
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What is biotic factors
any living part of the enviroment with which an organism might interact
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What is food web
feeding ineractions between organisms
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What is limited nutrients
nutrient whose supply limits productivity
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What is climate
wether conditions over long period of time
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What is habitat
general place where an organism lives
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What is autotroph
organism that can produce their own food
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What is trophic level
each step in the food web or food chain
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What is denitrification
process where nitrates turn into nitrogen gas
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What is micro-climates
change of climate over small distances
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What is niche
how an organism interacts with biotic ans abiotic factors
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What is photosynthesis
the way plants get energy and food
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What is ecological pyramid
a chart that shows the amount of energy or matter within each trophic level
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What isnitrogen fixation
converting nitrogen gas into amonia
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What is greenhouse effect
process in which gases in the atmosphere allowing light to reach earth but not heat
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What is resource
nessesity of life
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What is heterotroph
get food from eating other organisms
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What is biomass
total amount of living tissue givin in each tophic level
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What is biogeochemical cycle
elements pass from one organism to amother among plants of the biosphere through closed loops
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What is 23.5 degrees
earths tilt on its axis
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What is symbiosis
relationship in which 2 species live closley together
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