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Biosphere
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Largest Level of organization that includes all life of the planet, all organisms , all layers of the earth
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Community
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all interacting organisms living in an area
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Ecology
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study of the interactions between organisms living and non-living components in their environment
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Ecosystem
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smaller parts of the biosphere that include all organisms and the non-living environment
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Greenhouse Effect
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- Carbon Dioxide and water vapor are transparent to visible light, but they do capture reflected heat and direct it back at earth
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Population
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all members of a particular species in a community that live in one place
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Abiotic Factor
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all the non-living factors in the environment
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Biotic Factor
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Living factor in an environment
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Habitat
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Location in which an organism lives
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Niche
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Role or job an organism fills in an environment
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Resource
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Energy and material needed for survival
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Specialist
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Species with very specific needs and resources
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Migration
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strategy to move from one place to another
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Acclimation
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Adjustment of tolerance in an individual
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Conformer
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change within the environment do not regulate
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Generalist
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Species with a broad niche, can survive off many resources
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Realized Niche
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the range of resources a species uses
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Dormancy
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a state of reduced activity
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Fundamental Niche
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the range of conditions that a species can potentially tolerate and the range of potentially use.
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tolerance curve
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A graph of performance versus values of an environment variable
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