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Climate: An area's average conditions over long periods defined by the year-after-year patterns of temperature and precipitation
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Commensalism: A symbiotic relationship in which one organism is positively affected and the other organism is not affected at all.
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Competition: Two or more organisms put forth energy to get a resource. Only one can win.
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Competitive Exclusion Principle: No two species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same time. If two species compete for the same resource, one will not succeed
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Greenhouse Effect: Green house gases allowing visible light to enter the atmosphere, which then turns into heat and is trapped by the gases.
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Habitat: The general place where an organism lives, or its "address"
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Herbivory: The relationship between herbivore and plant
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Keystone Species: An organism that affects a whole ecosystem. If this particular organism is removed, the ecosystem collapses
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Microclimate: Environmental conditions over small distances
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Mutualism: A type of symbiosis in which both organisms are positively affected. (both benefit)
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Niche: What an organism does, and how it interacts with biotic and abiotic factors in its environment. An organism's "job"
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Parasitism: A type of symbiosis in which the parasite is positively affected, and its host is negatively affected, getting harmed but not killed
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Predation: The carnivorous relationship between predator and prey.
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Resource: What organisms compete for, something in a limited supply
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Symbiosis: Any relationship between two species that live closely together
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Tolerance: The acceptability of a habitat
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Weather: The day to day conditions of the Earth's atmosphere