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| Requirements for plant and animal life |
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| Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium, water, others |
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| Resources necessary for survival that when scarce reduce future population growth |
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| Population growth rate reduces as environmental capacity is neared |
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| Large area characterized by plant and animal life, physical environments and climate |
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| Study of interactions between organism and environment |
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biotic= living
abiotic= not |
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| Accumulation of substance in an organism |
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| % of energy passed up a trophic level |
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| Directly convert sunlight to energy |
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| Photosynthesis Reaction Equation |
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| Energy+ 6C02 + 6H2O-> C6H1206+ 6O2 |
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| Finches evolution evidence |
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| Different beak sizes based on size of prey in area |
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| Tortoises evolution evidence |
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| Long neck in dry areas, short neck in moist |
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| Geographic isolation of a species |
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| Reproductive isolation of species by some intrinsic factore |
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| Process that splits a species into 2 distinct species |
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| Common structure in organisms w/ unique function (mammal forelimbs) |
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| Anatomically different structures which have similar and function (insect wings and bird wings) |
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| Non functional traits that are functional in other organisms (goose bumps, tail bone) |
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