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14.1-Habitat and Niche
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Biology
9th Grade
04/07/2015

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Term
Habitat
Definition
A area where an organism lives, including all living and non-living factors that affects the organism.
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Ecological Niche
Definition
All the factors(physical, biological, and chemical) that a species need to survive and reproduce. For example, food, abiotic factors, and behavior.
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Competitive Exclusion
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A theory stating that when two species share a habitat and the same resources the stronger species will be better adapted and push the weaker species out of a niche.
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Ecological Equivalent
Definition
Species that lives in a similar niches but lives in different areas.
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