Unit 7 Vocab - Organisms and Their Environment

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A group of ecosystems sharing similar climates and organisms

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biome

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Community of organisms & their abiotic environment

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ecosystem

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Relate or connect to one another.

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interrelated

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Dependent on one another

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interdependent

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Effect of one factor depends on another.

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interaction

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Process that creates a biotic community in barren habitat with little/no soil.

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Primary succession

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First organisms in an area

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Pioneer species

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Process initiated by an event that reduces an ecosystem to fewer species.

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secondary succession

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Changing sequence of communities in an ecosystem over time.

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ecological succession

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Dominant community of plants and animals in an area

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climax community