organization
Biomes
Learning
cycling of chemical elements
other
100
Group of individuals of the same species living in a particular geographic area
What is population
100
shallow, well-lit waters close to shore
What is littoral zone
100
learning that involves a loss of responsiveness to stimuli that convey little or no information
What is habituation
100
natural pathway for nitrogen to enter ecosystems
What is nitrogen fixation
100
total number of different species in the community
What is species richness
200
consists of all the organisms of all the species that inhabit a particular area
What is community
200
well-lit, open surface waters farther from shore
What is limnetic zone
200
learning that is limited to a specific time period in an animal's life and that is generally irreversible
What is imprinting
200
oxidizes ammonium to nitrite and then to nitrate
What is nitrification
200
maximum population size that a particular environment can support at a particular time with no degradation of the habitat
What is carrying capacity
300
all the abiotic factors in addition to the entire community of species that exist in a certain area
What is ecosystem
300
deep and nutrient-poor lakes
What is oligotrophic lakes
300
the ability of many animals to learn to associate one stimulus with another.
What is associative learning
300
does not include movement through the atmosphere
What is the phosphorus cycle
300
population increase under ideal conditions
What is exponential population growth
400
the sum of all the planet's ecosystems
What is biosphere
400
occurs throughout midlatitudes where there is sufficient moisture to support the growth of large trees.
What is temperate deciduous forest
400
learning to associate an arbitrary stimulus with a reward or punishment
What is classical conditioning
400
the basis of this are the reciprocal processes of photosynthesis and respiration
What is carbon cycle
400
pattern of spacing among individuals within the geographic boundaries of the population
What is dispersion
500
the study of the past and present distribution of species
What is biogeography
500
midlatitude coastal areas with mild, rainy winters and long, hot, dry summers
What is chaparral
500
trial and error learning
What is operant conditioning
500
most comes from transpiration in plants
What is water cycle
500
contest involving both threatening and submissive behavior determines which competitor gains access to some resource, such as food or a mate
What is agonistic behavior
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