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| day-to-day conditions in the atmosphere | ||
| average conditions of the atmosphere over long periods of time | ||
| small | ||
| large | ||
| conditions within a small area that are different from nearby areas | ||
| a process in which certain gases trap sunlight energy in the atmosphere as heat | ||
| the ability to survive and reproduce under a range of environmental conditions | ||
| similar | ||
| different | ||
| a condition of balance | ||
| the relatively constant internal conditions that an organism maintains to stay alive | ||
| the general place where an organism lives | ||
| the range of physical and biological conditions in which a species lives, plus the way a species gets what it needs to survive & reproduce | ||
| anything needed to keep an organism alive | ||
| the rule that says that no 2 species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same time | ||
| when an organism captures and feeds on another | ||
| when an organism feeds on producers | ||
| a species whose population size controls the characteristics of an environment | ||
| a relationship in which 2 species live closely together | ||
| a symbiotic relationship where both species benefit | ||
| a symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and the other is harmed | ||
| a symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed | ||
| predictable changes that happen over time in a community | ||
| a succession that starts in a place where there is no life | ||
| a succession that starts in a place where there are the remains of an earlier ecosystem | ||
| the first species to colonize a barren area | ||
| a community of species that has developed in an area & is relatively stable | ||
| a layer of dense, leafy tree tops | ||
| shorter trees and vines that form a layer in the shade of taller trees | ||
| a plant that loses its leaves during a particular season | ||
| a tree that produces seeds in cones and does not lose its leaves | ||
| a material made of decaying leaves & other organic matter | ||
| dense northern evergreen forests | ||
| a layer of permanently frozen subsoil | ||
| the sunlit upper region of lakes and oceans where photosynthesis happens | ||
| lower layers of lakes and oceans where sunlight cannot reach | ||
| organisms living in rocks or sediment at the bottom of bodies of water | ||
| habitat of the benthos | ||
| tiny plants and animals | ||
| an ecosystem where water covers the soil, or is at or near the surface for at least part of the year | ||
| a wetland formed where a river runs into the sea |
