alaska ecology semester 1

Question	Answer
predator	something that kills other animal
prey	the animal that gets killed by predator
carrying capacity	how many animals or plants of a certain species an area can hold
limiting factors	factors that limit the size of a population
habitat	the place the organism lives at
hydric	saturated with water
permafrost	perennially frozen ground
transpiration	trees release water into atmosphere when they respirate
marine derived nutrients	nutrients that originate in the ocean and make there way inland
banding	silver bands with 8 to 9 digits used to track birds. contact U.S fish and wildlife service if a bird with a band is found
adaptations	traits that help an organism survive a limiting factor
topography	shape of the land
succession	Image: Plantanimalsucc (image/jpeg)
photosythisis	Image: Photosynthesis (image/gif)
nitrogen fixers	bacteria that fix the atmospheric nitrogen to make it available for plants
aspect	direction that the face of a mountain faces
herbivore	plant eater
carnivore	meat eater
omnivore	eats both plants and meat
detritivore	decay dead (detritus) things
producers	use sunlight to make its own fooc

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