Chapter 13 Vocabulary - Ecosystems ABC Science book

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Fresh water ecosystem

• Ecosystems made up of streams, rivers, lakes, marshes and swamps

• An aquatic ecosystem where fresh and salt water meet in a coastal area

• Salt water ecosystems consisting of the ocean areas and seas

• A physical or behavioral trait that helps an organism survive

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estuary

• Ecosystems made up of streams, rivers, lakes, marshes and swamps

• An aquatic ecosystem where fresh and salt water meet in a coastal area

• Salt water ecosystems consisting of the ocean areas and seas

• A physical or behavioral trait that helps an organism survive

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Which of the following would be considered a Marine ecosystem?

• Ecosystems made up of streams, rivers, lakes,

• A desert ecosystem where the land is dry and flat.

• A tropical ecosystem like a rainforest.

• A physical or behavioral trait that helps an organism survive

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adaptation

• Ecosystems made up of streams, rivers, lakes, marshes and swamps

• An aquatic ecosystem where fresh and salt water meet in a coastal area

• Salt water ecosystems consisting of the ocean areas and seas

• A physical or behavioral trait that helps an organism survive

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overabundance

• When a population is larger than normal or what is to be expected

• When a population is smaller than normal or what is to be expected

• A species that is an important part of maintaining the health of the ecosystem

• The uncertainty or rarity of something: either resources of species

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underpopulation

• When a population is larger than normal or what is to be expected

• When a population is smaller than normal or what is to be expected

• A species that is an important part of maintaining the health of the ecosystem

• The uncertainty or rarity of something: either resources of species

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Keystone species

• When a population is larger than normal or what is to be expected

• When a population is smaller than normal or what is to be expected

• A species that is an important part of maintaining the health of the ecosystem

• The uncertainty or rarity of something: either resources of species

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scarcity

• When a population is larger than normal or what is to be expected

• When a population is smaller than normal or what is to be expected

• A species that is an important part of maintaining the health of the ecosystem

• The uncertainty or rarity of something: either resources of species

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endangered

• The first species to colonize a new or previously disrupted ecosystem

• When there is no longer any evidence of an organism.

• When an organism is forced to move to a new habitat

• When very few organisms in a species are alive and the species is very close to extinction

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Habitat losss

• The first species to colonize a new or previously disrupted ecosystem

• When a habitat gets destroyed or disrupted and either kills or displaces the organisms present, decreasing biodiversity and species abundance

• When an organism is forced to move to a new habitat

• When very few individuals in a species are alive and the species is very close to extinction

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