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| 14368969354 | abiotic factor | a non-living component of the environment ex: climate, soil, sunlight |  | 0 |
| 14368984746 | biotic factor | living components of an ecosystem ex: plants, micro-organisms, predators | | 1 |
| 14368999079 | resource | a substance or object in the environment required by an organism for normal growth, maintenance, and reproduction ex (plants): sunlight, water, nutrients, space to grow ex (animals): food, water, territory |  | 2 |
| 14369021244 | rain shadow | dry area on the downwind side of a mountain |  | 3 |
| 14369049400 | disturbance | a temporary event that changes a community and alters resource availability ex: storm, fire, flood, tree cutting |  | 4 |
| 14369076800 | terrestrial biome | an area of land with a similar climate that includes similar communities of plants and animals |  | 5 |
| 14369147988 | aquatic biome | includes all aquatic ecosystems on the earth's surface either in a freshwater or marine biome |  | 6 |
| 14369164006 | dispersion patterns | Uniform Dispersion pattern: individuals are evenly spaced Clumped Dispersion pattern: individuals are clustered together Random Dispersion pattern: individuals are randomly arranged |  | 7 |
| 14369192335 | competition | the struggle between organisms or species for the same resource within an environment |  | 8 |
| 14369209103 | niche | the role or position a species or organism has in its environment; includes all of its interaction with the biotic and abiotic factor in the environment |  | 9 |
| 14369269134 | cryptic coloration | type of coloration or marking of an animal that aids in camouflaging in its natural environment ex: stripes on a zebra or tiger or spots on a frog |  | 10 |
| 14369300323 | aposematic coloration | conspicuously recognizable markings of an animal that are to warn potential predators of the nuisance or harm that would come from attacking or eating it |  | 11 |
| 14369362693 | batesian mimicry | a harmless species mimics a harmful one |  | 12 |
| 14369373790 | parasitism | A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed |  | 13 |
| 14369376799 | mutualism | A relationship between two species in which both species benefit |  | 14 |
| 14369380006 | commensalism | A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected |  | 15 |
| 14369492727 | invasive species | plants and animals that have migrated to places where they are not native | 16 | |
| 14369497936 | keystone species | A species that influences the survival of many other species in an ecosystem |  | 17 |
| 14369648640 | primary succession | occurs in lifeless areas; regions where the soil is incapable of sustaining life | 18 | |
| 14369668295 | secondary succession | a process started by an event that reduces an already established ecosystem to a smaller population of species |  | 19 |
| 14369709669 | disease vector | any agent (person, animal, or microorganism) that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism | 20 | |
| 14369714419 | food chain | a hierarchical series of organisms on the next as a source of food | 21 | |
| 14369737531 | primary producers | organisms that can synthesize their own food |  | 22 |
| 14369751164 | primary consumer | organisms that only feed on plants | 23 | |
| 14369754880 | tertiary consumer | organism that eats both producers and consumers; omnivores |  | 24 |
| 14369785937 | decomposers | organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms |  | 25 |
| 14369848409 | biodiversity | variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem |  | 26 |
| 14369856317 | habitat loss | the process where natural habitat is changed or destroyed, making it unable for species that live there to remain in the habitat |  | 27 |
| 14369863938 | habitat fragmentation | Breakup of a habitat into smaller pieces, usually as a result of human activities. |  | 28 |
| 14369889592 | secondary consumer | organisms that eat primary consumers |  | 29 |
