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Organization
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Stucture of cells in an organism; characteristic of living
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Reproduction
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production of offspring; characteristic
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Growth
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increase in material and species in an organism
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Development
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changes of an organsim' characteristic
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Adaptation
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evolution of structure behavior
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Homeostasis
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organisms regulation to internal enviroments; characteristic
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Evolution
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gradual change over time
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Species
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group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring
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Hypothesis
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explanation for a questiopn
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Quanitive Research
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numbers
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Qualitive Research
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writen discription
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Ecology
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scientific study of interactions between organisms and there enviroments
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Biotic
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noliving
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Abiotic
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living
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Organism
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anything that posses all the characteristics of life
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Population
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species living in one place
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Community
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collevtion of interacting pops. that inhabit a common enviroment
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Ecosystem
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Communities surroundings
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Biosphere
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portion of Earth that supports life
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Biological Community
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community made up of interacting pops.
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Niche
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Role;Job
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Habitat
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place where an organism lives out its life
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Autotrophs
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Energy=Sun
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Heterotrophs
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Cant make energy
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Phobic Zone
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Portion of marine biome with sunlihgt
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Aohobic Zone
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Portion of marine biome without sunlight
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Scavengers
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animals that feed on animals that already died
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Decomposers
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organisms that break down
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Symbioses
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Relationship between two organisms
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Commenalism
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+/nuetral relationship
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Parasitism
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+/- relationship
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Mutualism
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+/+ relationship
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Food Chain
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model that shows how matter and energy move through an ecosystem
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FoodWeb
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Model that shows possible eating of all trophic levels
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Trophic Levels
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Organism that represents feeding steo in the movement of enerfy and materials through an ecosystem
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Water Cycle
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evaporation, condensation, precipitaion
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Carbon Cycle
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photosythesis cycle
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Limiting Factors
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anything that limiys organism reproduction
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Climax Community
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no change community
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Pioneer Species
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first Species to hold an area
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Primary Succesion
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First sequence of changes
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Secondary Succession
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Sequence of changes after the area has been disrupted in some way
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Exponetial Growth
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pop. grows faster as it increases in size
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Carrying Capacity
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Number of organisms an enviroment can support
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Density Dependent Factors
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limiting factors such as disease, food availablity, etc.
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Density Independent Factors
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Factors such as temperature, storms, floods, drought, etc.
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Demoprgraphy
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Study of pop. growth, age, distruption
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Emigration
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movement of individuals FROM a pop.
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Immigration
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movement of individuals INTO a pop.
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Age Structure
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proportians of pop. in different ages
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