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Science
7th Grade
09/22/2011

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Term

Organism:

 

 

 

Definition
Any living thing
Term

Habitat:

 

Definition

    

An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.

      

Term

Biotic Factor

 

 

Definition

          

Any living part of an organism's habitat.

 

   

Term

Abiotic Factor

 

 

Definition

          

 

A non-living part of an organism's habitat.       

Term

Species

 

 

Definition

          

 

A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce.

  

Term

Birth Rate

 

Definition

                      

The number of births in a population in a certain amount of time.

              

Term

Death Rate

 

 

Definition

The number of deaths in a certain

 amount of time

Term

Limiting Factor

 

 

Definition

An environmental factor that

causes a population to decrease.

Term
Carrying Capacity
Definition
The largest population an area can support.
Term
Niche
Definition

The role of an organism in its habitat,

or how it makes it's living.

Term
Competition
Definition
The struggle between to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource.
Term
Succession
Definition
THe series of predictible changes that occur in a community over time.
Term
Mutalism
Definition
A relatinship between two species in which both species benefit
Term
Commensalism
Definition
A relationship between two species in which one is benefited and one is neither benefited nor harmed.
Term
Parasitism
Definition
A relationship between two species in which one species is benefited and one is harm, when a parasite lives in or on a host.
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