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Ecology ANS✔✔ Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and
their environment
abiotic factors ANS✔✔ Nonliving components of environment.
biotic factors ANS✔✔ All the living organisms that inhabit an environment
Niche ANS✔✔ Full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the
way in which the organism uses those conditions
climate ANS✔✔ Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
weather ANS✔✔ The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
rain shadow ANS✔✔ a region with dry conditions found on the leeward side of a mountain range
as a result of humid winds from the ocean causing precipitation on the windward side
Biome ANS✔✔ A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms
benthic zone ANS✔✔ bottom of an aquatic ecosystem; consists of sand and sediment and supports
its own community of organisms
photic zone ANS✔✔ Portion of the marine biome that is shallow enough for sunlight to penetrate.
aphotic zone ANS✔✔ permanently dark layer of the oceans below the photic zone
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littoral zone ANS✔✔ a shallow zone in a freshwater habitat where light reaches the bottom and
nurtures plants
limnetic zone ANS✔✔ a zone of open water in lakes and ponds
pelagic zone ANS✔✔ open water above the ocean floor
neretic zone ANS✔✔ the part of the ocean from the low-tide line to the edge of a continental shelf
oceanic zone ANS✔✔ vast open ocean from the edge of the continental shelf outward
Abysmal zone ANS✔✔ deepest, very cold region of the open ocean
population ecology ANS✔✔ the study of factors that cause populations to increase or decrease
Distribution ANS✔✔ areas of the world in which a species lives
iteroparity ANS✔✔ A life history in which adults produce large numbers of offspring over many
years; also known as repeated reproduction.
semelparity ANS✔✔ Big-bang reproduction.
Community ANS✔✔ All the different populations that live together in an area
Nuetralism ANS✔✔ When neither organism is affected
Amensalism ANS✔✔ a relationship in which one organism is harmed and the other is unaffected
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