Vocab flashcard 11/18

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Full range of conditions an organism lives in and how it uses them

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niche

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Relationship where one organism lives on or in another and harms it

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parasitism

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Total variety of organisms in the biosphere

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biodiversity

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Area where an organism lives, including biotic and abiotic factors

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habitat

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Ability to recover after a disturbance and deal with change

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resilience

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Single species that is not abundant but strongly controls community structure.

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keystone species

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Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce under non-optimal conditions

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tolerance

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Mass is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions.

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Law of Conservation of mass

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Variety of habitats, communities, and ecological processes in the biosphere

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ecosystem diversity

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Relationship where two species live closely together

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symbiosis