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All of the members of a particular species that live in one area are called a(an)
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Population
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Not recycled in the biosphere
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Energy
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Carbon cycles through the biosphere
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Transpiration
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The movements of energy and nutrients through living systems are different because
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Energy flows in one direction and nutrients recycle.
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Biome
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Set of ecosystems around the world that have similar characteristics based on climate influences
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The greenhouse effect is
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A natural phenomenon that maintains Earth’s temperature range.
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An organism's niche is
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The way the organism uses the range of physical and biological conditions in which it lives.
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Several species of warblers can live in the same spruce tree ONLY because they
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Eat different foods within the tree.
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An interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism is called
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Predation
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What is one difference between primary and secondary succession?
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Secondary succession begins on soil and primary succession begins on newly exposed surfaces.
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A biome is identified by its particular set of abiotic factors and its
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Characteristic ecological community.
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One of the main characteristics of a population is its
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geographic distribution. |
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In a logistic growth curve, exponential growth is the phase in which the population
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Grows quickly and few animals are dying.
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A biotic or an abiotic resource in the environment that causes population size to decrease is a
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Limiting factor.
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If a population grows larger than the carrying capacity of the environment, the
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Death rate may rise.
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