Chapter 4 Ecosystems and Communities

Day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere, including temperature, precipitation, and other factors

• weather

• climate

• microclimate

• tolerance

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Layer of permanently frozen subsoil found in the tundra

• humus

• understory

• permafrost

• canopy

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Sunlight region near the surface of the Earth

• photic zone

• aphotic zone

• abyssal zone

• benthos

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A symbiotic relationship in which one organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

• symbiosis

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Succession that occurs in an area in which no trace of a previous community is present

• ecological succession

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• pioneer species

Microscopic organisms that live in aquatic environments; includes both phytoplankton and zooplankton

• zooplankton

• phytoplankton

• plankton

• benthos

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

First species to populate an area during succession

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• ecological succession

• pioneer species

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

Kind of wetland formed where a river meets the ocean

• estuary

• intertidal zone

• taiga

• deciduous

Series of gradual changes that occur in a community following a disturbance

• ecological succession

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• pioneer species

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Interaction in which one organism (the predator) captures and feeds on another organism (the prey)

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

• predation

• symbiosis