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| The day to day conditions of Earth's atmosphere. |
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| Average conditions over long periods of time. |
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| Environmental conditions that vary over small distance |
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| Visible light is present, while heat is trapped. |
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| The ability to survive and reproduce under a range of environmental circumstances. |
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| The general place where and organism lives. |
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| What an organism does and how it reacts with abiotic and biotic factors in nature. |
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| Any necessity of life such as water, nutrients, light, food, or space. |
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| Competitive Exclusion Principle |
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| No 2 species can occupy exactly the same niche, in exactly the same habitat, at the exact same time. |
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| When one animal devours another. |
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| When one animal feeds on plants. |
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| A species that when it's population is dramatically decreased, has big effects on the community. |
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| When 2 species live closely together. |
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| A relationship between 2 species in which both benefit. |
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| A relationship between 2 species in which only 1 species benefits. |
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| A relationship between 2 species in which 1 species benefits while the other isn't effected. |
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| A series of more or less predictable changes that occur in a community over time. |
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| Succession that begins in an area with no remains of an older community. |
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| First species to colonize barren areas. |
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| A disturbance that effects the community without completely destroying it. |
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| A dense, leafy covering on a tree. |
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| When short trees and vines form a layer below a canopy. |
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| A plant that sheds it's leaves during a particular season. |
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| The sunlight region near the surface in which photosynthesis can occur. |
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| Where photosynthesis can't occur, right under the photic zone. |
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| Aquatic organisms that live in, or on, rocks and sediments on the bottoms of lakes, streams, and oceans. |
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| Both phytoplankton and zooplankton. |
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| An ecosystem in which water covers the soil or is present at or near the surface for at least part of the year. |
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| A wetland where a river meets the sea. |
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