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greenhouse effect: greenhouse gases function like glass in a greenhouse, allowing visible light to enter but trapping heat through a phenomenon called the greenhouse effect.
biotic factor: a living organism that shapes its environment.
abiotic factor: a nonliving part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.
niche: describes the environment that an organism lives in and also how it interacts with biotic and abiotic factors there.
predation: an interaction in which one animal (the predator) captures and feeds on another animal (the prey).
symbiosis: any relationship in which two species live closely together.
keystone species: a species that an ecosystem largely depends on.
mutualism: the kind of relationship between species in which both benefit.
commensalism: a relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
parasitism: relationships in which one organism lives inside or on another organism and harms it.

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1) differentiate between weather and climate: weather refers to short term atmospheric conditions while the climate is the long-term changes in a specific region.
2) Identify factors that influence climate: latitude, altitude, wind, ocean currents, elevation, and wind/air masses.
3) Describe some things that could interrupt the progress of succession: Natural disturbances such as a huge fire or a volcano eruption.
4) List at least two differences between primary and secondary succession: primary succession occurs in an environment without previous life and secondary succession occurs in an area that had previously been inhabited but experienced a disturbance.

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The competitive exclusion principle states when two species with identical niches cannot coexist indefinitely. The difference between primary and secondary succession is that secondary succession occurs in an area that had previous life while primary succession is completely barren land. An example of commensalism is when tree frogs use plants as protection because the frog is benefitting while the plant is unaffected. Parasitism happens when fleas or ticks live on dogs/cats. They are living off of the blood of the host animal and harming them. Bees and flowers have a mutualistic relationship because they both benefits. The flowers provide bees with nectar and pollen and bees help flowers reproduce by spreading pollen.

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Ecosystems for Kids | Plants, Animals, & Their Environment

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Ecosystems and communities is one of the most important chapters in our lessons. Ecosystems provide services to humans that make life possible. Life is dependent upon ecosystems and as a society a healthy ecosystem is one of the most important things.