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Biology
10th Grade
04/29/2014

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Abiotic

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  All the nonliving things in an environment.

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                   Biotic

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    All the living things in the environment

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Biosphere

Definition

  That part of the earth which supports life.  

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Ecosystem

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 All organisms in a particular place and their nonliving environment

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Biome

Definition
a group of ecosystems with the climarte and characteristic
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Species

Definition
a group of ecosystems with the same climate and characteristics.
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Population

Definition
all the organisms of the same spiecies living in the place at the same time
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Community

Definition
a collection of interacting populations
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Density depending on the limited factors

Definition
the limiting factors on population sizes, but only come into play when the population density reaches a certian level.
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Trophic levels

Definition
a step in food chain or foood web
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symbiosis
Definition
permanent relationship between organisims of different species.
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mutualtulism
Definition
a symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relatinship.
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commensalism
Definition
symbiotic relationship in both species benifits and the other appears nither are helped or harmed.
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parasitism
Definition
a symiotic relationship in which one organism lives on or in another organism and harms it.
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density independent limiting factors
Definition
affect all populations in similar ways regardless of size of the population
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