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17 Cards in this Set
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limiting factor
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Anything that controls the growth or survival of a population.
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adaptations
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Inherited traits that help an organism survive in its environment.
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symbiosis
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Relationship between two kinds of organisms that lasts over period of time.
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mutualism
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A relationship between two kinds of organisms that benefits both organisms.
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parasitism
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A relationship in which one kind of organism lives on or in another organism and may harm that organism.
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commensalism
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A relationship in which one organism benefits from another without harming or helping it.
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biome
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A large ecosystem with its own kind of climate, soil, plants, and animals.
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grassland
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A biome where grasses are the main plant life.(Savannah are an example)
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taiga
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An area with lakes and ponds in a cool, foredted biome.
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tundra
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A cold biome near the polar ice sheets.
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deserts
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A sandy or rocky biome, with little precipitation and little plant life.
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deciduous forest
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Biome with many trees that lose their leaves each year.
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tropical rain forests
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Biomes that are hot and humid, with much rainfall and wide variety of life.
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ecological succession
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Gradual replacement of one community by another.
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pioneer species
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First species living in an otherwise lifeless area.
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pioneer community
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A new community.
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climax community
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Final stage of succession in an area, unless a major change occurs.
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