Chapter 4 Ecosystems and Communities

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What is the term for day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere, including temperature and precipitation?

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Weather

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What type of succession occurs in an area where no trace of a previous community is present?

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Primary succession

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What is the full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and how it uses those conditions?

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Niche

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What do we call a type of tree that sheds its leaves during a particular season each year?

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Deciduous

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What biome is characterized by long cold winters and a few months of warm weather, dominated by coniferous evergreens?

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Taiga

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What is the term for the average weather conditions in a particular area over a long period?

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Climate

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What is the process called where one ecological community replaces another over time?

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Ecological succession

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What is the term for the first species to colonize previously disrupted or damaged ecosystems?

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Pioneer species

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What is the term for the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem?

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Biodiversity

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What is the term for the role or function of an organism within its ecosystem?

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Ecological niche