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Chapter 1 Review-Vocabulary
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- 1Define Abiotic?Non-living things. Ex Air, Rain, Water and light
- 2Define Adaption?Characteristics that allow them to survive and reproduce in their biome
- 3Define Annual precipitation?The amount of rain fall received on a given year.
- 4Define Biodiversity?The variety of all living things species of plants, animals and micro organisms on Earth.
- 5Define Biome?Is a region with similar biotic and abotic compounds.
- 6Define Biosphere?The area on and near the Earths surface where living things exist.
- 7Define Biotic?Living things. Ex Birds,Bacteria and trees.
- 8Define Climate?The average pattern of weather conditions in a region.
- 9Define Climatograph ?Shows the average temperature and precipitation for a location over a long period of time.
- 10Define commensalism?A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is nether helped or harmed.
- 11Define community?All the populations of the different spices that interact in a specific area or ecosystem.
- 12Define ecosystem?Part of a biome in which brotic factors interact with each other and with abotic factors.
- 13Define Elevation?Distance above sea level, also influences biomes.
- 14Define Host?Any organisms on or which a parasitic organism liver, for nourishment and protection.
- 15Define Latitude?Distance north and south from the equator. Effects the angle that the suns energy hits the earth.
- 16Define Lichen?They have fungus that live on them. They produce sugar and oxygen. They are found on rocks and trees.
- 17Define mutualism?A symbiotic relationship in which both spices benefit from the interaction.
- 18Define Niche?All organisms in a ecosystem have their own job, this is called their niche.
- 19Define Parasitism?A symbiotic relationship in which one benefits and the other is harmed.
- 20Define Permafrost?Ground that remains frozen all year.
- 21Define photosynthesis?Producers are organisms that perform photosynthesis water + carbon dioxide = sugar and oxygen.
- 22Define population?All the members of a particular spices with in an ecosystem.
- 23Define predation?A relationship in which one organism (predator) eat all or part of another organism (prey).
- 24Define symbiosis?When members of two different spices live together in close association.
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