| Term | Definition |
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ecosystem |
All the living and nonliving things that interact in a particular area |
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Rachel Carson |
one of the first people to observe & describe biomagnification, which is what caused eagles to become endangered |
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temperate |
warm in the summer, cold in the winter |
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climate |
average weather conditions over a long period of time |
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competition |
when 2 species try to use the same limited resource |
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Biotic factors |
living things in an ecosystem |
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Abiotic factors |
nonliving things in an ecosystem |
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intertidal zone |
harsh, always changing conditions; located all along the shoreline; tides crash in |
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shallow-ocean zone |
zone with the most life, sunlight, & nutrients; has coral reefs |
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open-ocean zone |
dark, cold, & little life; has vent colonies |