AP Biology Unit 8: Ecology Latest Version 100% Correct
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AP Biology Unit 8: Ecology Latest
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abiotic Nonliving; referring to the physical and chemical properties of an environment.
biological augmentation An approach to restoration ecology that uses organisms to add
essential materials to a degraded ecosystem.
biological m...
AP Biology Unit 8: Ecology Latest Version 100% Correct abiotic ✔✔Nonliving; referring to the physical and chemical properties of an environment. biological augmentation ✔✔An approach to restoration ecology that uses organisms to add essential materials to a degraded ecosystem. biological magnification ✔✔A process in which retained substances become more concentrated at each higher trophic level in a food chain. biomass ✔✔The total mass of organic matter comprising a group of organisms in a particular habitat. biomes ✔✔Any of the world's major ecosystem types, often classified by temperature and precipitation bioremediation ✔✔The use of organisms to detoxify and restore polluted and degraded ecosystems. biotic ✔✔Pertaining to the living factors —the organisms —in an environment. carrying capacity ✔✔The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources, symbolized as K . chaparral ✔✔A biome characterized by mild, rainy winters and long, hot, dry summers; dominated by dense, spiny evergreen shrubs climate ✔✔The long -term prevailing weather conditions at a given place. commensualism ✔✔A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits but the other is neither helped nor harmed. competition ✔✔Competition for resources between individuals of two or more species when resources are in short supply.
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