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| No other species live there, no remnants of former communities. Lichen often start a new environment. Path to this community is often unstable. Some communities may be affected so often they could never recover. |
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| Some of the previous environment remains. Happens much faster than Primary Succession because new species can thrive off the ones that survived. |
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| Collects Energy from sunlight or |
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| Gets energy from chemicals. |
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| Makes energy available to all other organisms. |
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| Get energy by consuming other organisms. |
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| eat parts of dead matter. |
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| Break down dead organisms by realising enzymes. (Mushrooms, some Bactria) |
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| Each step in a model of an ecosystem. |
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| Shows how energy flows through an ecosystem. |
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| This is how far Trophic levels will go. |
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| Complex interactions between food chains and pathways. |
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| Shows relative amount of energy, biomass or # of organisms at each level. These Things decrease each level. |
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| Abotic factors that limit the numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms. May limit one species and enable another. |
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| Ability of Biotic Factors to survive when subjected to abotic factors. |
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Made of 1+ cells.
Displays organization.
Grows and Develops.
Adaptions over time.
Reproduces it's own kind.
Responds to Stimuli.
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| variety of life in an area that is determined by the number of different species that live there |
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| When the last member of a species dies. |
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| Variety of Genes in a population. |
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| Number of different species and relative abundance of each in a community. |
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| Variety of Ecosystems present in the Biosphere. |
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| An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world. |
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| An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world. |
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| An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world. |
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| The act of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way. |
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| A logical interpretation based on what scientists already know. |
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| A scientific explanation for a set of observations. |
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| An experiment where only one variable is changed and all others stay constant. |
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| The manipulated variable, one that is deliberately changed. |
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| The variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable. |
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| Exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable. |
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| A well tested explanation that ties a bunch of hypothesis together. |
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| Particular preference or point of view that is personal not scientific. |
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| What measuring system do scientists use when collecting data and preforming experiments? |
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| The scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms in their physical environment. |
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| A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring. |
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| A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area. |
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| An assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area. |
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| All the organisms that live in a place, together in their physical environment. |
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| A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms. |
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| Closed loops through which elements pass from one organism to another (And among parts of the biosphere.) |
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| Role that organisms play in a habitat |
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| Interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another. |
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| Interaction in which one animal feeds on producers. (such as plants) |
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| Two species live relatively close together. |
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| One species benefits, the other gets harmed. |
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| One species benefits, while the other is not harmed. |
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| First Species to populate an area during succession. |
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| Freezing, Artic, no trees, permafrost. |
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