APES Vocab pt.1

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Climate

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The average weather that occurs in a given region over a long period of time.

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Weather

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The short-tern conditions of the atmosphere in a local area that include temperature, humidity, clouds, precipitation, and wind speed.

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Community Ecology

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The study of interactions among species.

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Symbiosis

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Two species living in close and long term association with one another in an ecosystem.

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Biosphere

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The region of our planet where life resides.

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Competition

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The struggle of individuals, either within or between species, to obtain a shared limited resource.

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Competitive Exclusion Principle

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The principle stating that two species competing for the same limited resource CANNOT coexist.

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Resource Partitioning

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When two species evolve to divide a resource based differences in their behavior or morphology.

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Predation

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An interaction in which one animal typically kills and consumes another animal.

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Parasitoid

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A specialized type of predator that lays eggs inside another organism, which is referred to as its "host."