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| Consists of all the species that live and interact in a given area |
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| How did communities differ during the last glaciation compared the to current one? |
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| Unique communities with species composition no longer found existed all over North America |
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| Any class of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain. (Primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers, etc.) |
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| Photosynthesizers. Green Plants, Photosynthetic bacteria and protists |
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| Herbivores. Termites, grasshoppers, gypsy moth larvae, anchovies, deer, geese, white-footed mice |
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| Primary Carnivores: Spiders, warblers, wolves, copepods |
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| Secondary Carnivores: Tuna, Falcons, Killer Whales |
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| Omnivores: Humans, opossums, crabs, robins |
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| Use decomposing matter as food: Fungi, bacteria, vultures, earthworms |
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| A series of organisms related by predatory-prey and consumer resource interactions |
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| One participant is harmed, the other benefits |
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| One participant benefits and the other is unaffected |
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| One participant is harmed, and the other is unaffected |
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| If one organism is removed from an environment, the one they preyed on will expand in population and over graze the area |
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| Exert influence out of proportion to its abundance |
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| An event that changes the survival rate of one or more species |
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| Sites that lack living organisms |
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| Sites where some organisms have survived |
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