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| th estudy of interactions between organisms and the living and nonliving components of their environment |
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| all organisms interact with other organisms in their surroundings and with the nonliving portion of their environment |
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| a model to represent or describe the components of an ecological system |
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| the thin volume of earth and its atmosphere that supports life |
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| all of the organisms and the nonliving environment found in a particular place |
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| all the interacting organisms living in an area |
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| all the members of a species that live in one place at one time |
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| the place where an organism lives |
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| all of the living things that affect an organism |
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| the physical and chemical characteristics of the environment |
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| a graph of performence versus values of an environmental variable, such as temperature |
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| the process of organisms adjusting to abiotic factors |
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| the organisms that do not regulate their internal conditions; they change as their external environment changes |
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| organisms that use energy to control some of their internal conditions |
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| a long-term startegy is to enter a state of reduced activity |
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| a strategy to move organisms to a more favorable habitat |
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| the specific role or way of life of a species within its environment |
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| species with broad niches |
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| organisms with narrow niches |
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