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Flashcards by abbeybell.mcausl, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by abbeybell.mcausl
about 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Define Abiotic? | Non-living things. Ex Air, Rain, Water and light |
| Define Adaption? | Characteristics that allow them to survive and reproduce in their biome |
| Define Annual precipitation? | The amount of rain fall received on a given year. |
| Define Biodiversity? | The variety of all living things species of plants, animals and micro organisms on Earth. |
| Define Biome? | Is a region with similar biotic and abotic compounds. |
| Define Biosphere? | The area on and near the Earths surface where living things exist. |
| Define Biotic? | Living things. Ex Birds,Bacteria and trees. |
| Define Climate? | The average pattern of weather conditions in a region. |
| Define Climatograph ? | Shows the average temperature and precipitation for a location over a long period of time. |
| Define commensalism? | A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is nether helped or harmed. |
| Define community? | All the populations of the different spices that interact in a specific area or ecosystem. |
| Define ecosystem? | Part of a biome in which brotic factors interact with each other and with abotic factors. |
| Define Elevation? | Distance above sea level, also influences biomes. |
| Define Host? | Any organisms on or which a parasitic organism liver, for nourishment and protection. |
| Define Latitude? | Distance north and south from the equator. Effects the angle that the suns energy hits the earth. |
| Define Lichen? | They have fungus that live on them. They produce sugar and oxygen. They are found on rocks and trees. |
| Define mutualism? | A symbiotic relationship in which both spices benefit from the interaction. |
| Define Niche? | All organisms in a ecosystem have their own job, this is called their niche. |
| Define Parasitism? | A symbiotic relationship in which one benefits and the other is harmed. |
| Define Permafrost? | Ground that remains frozen all year. |
| Define photosynthesis? | Producers are organisms that perform photosynthesis water + carbon dioxide = sugar and oxygen. |
| Define population? | All the members of a particular spices with in an ecosystem. |
| Define predation? | A relationship in which one organism (predator) eat all or part of another organism (prey). |
| Define symbiosis? | When members of two different spices live together in close association. |
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