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Ecology
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Biology
11th Grade
02/14/2017

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Term
Organism
Definition
Any living thing
Term
Population
Definition
A group of organisms of one species that interbreed and live in the same place at the same time.
Term
Habitat
Definition
The home/environment of an organism.
Term
Community
Definition
An interacting group of different species in an common location eg. Forest of trees.
Term
Ecosystem
Definition
A biological community of interacting organism and their physical environment.
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Biotic factor
Definition
A biotic factor is any living component that affects the population of another organism, or the environment.
Term
Abiotic factor
Definition
Non-living conditions
which can influence where plants or animals live.
Term
Adaptation, list the 3 types
Definition
Traits that have a functional role to the organism’s survival that is obtained through natural selection.
1.Structural Adaptation
2. Behavioral Adaptation
3. Physiological Adaptations
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Species
Definition
A group of living organisms which contains similar individuals which are capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
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Ecological niche
Definition
is the role and position a species has in its environment; how it meets its needs for food and shelter, how it survives, and how it reproduces.
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