Biology vocab

1. zone photosynthesis can't occur
3. an interaction in which one animal captures and feeds on another animal
5. interaction which one animal feeds on producers
8. succession more or less predictable changes that occur in a community
12. tall trees form a dense, leafy covering
14. describes not only what an organism does but how it interacts with biotic and abiotic in the enviro nt
15. environmental conditions can vary over small distances
17. an ecosystem in which water either covers soil or is present at or near the surface
18. a special kind of wetland, formed where a river meets the sea
19. dense forests of coniferous evergreens along the northern edge of the temperature zone
22. succession disturbance affects the community without completely destroying it
23. place where an organism lives
24. a plant that sheds its leaves during a particular season
25. can refer to any necessity of life. Water, nutrients, light, and food
26. any relationship which 2 species live closely together
27. trees, or conifers, produce seed- bearing canes, and the most have leaves shaped like needles, which are coated in a waxy substance that helps reduce water loss
28. habitat is the benthic zone
29. relationship between species in which both benefit

2. a layer of permanently frozen subsoil
3. zone sunlight region near the surface in which photosynthesis occurs
4. day-to-day conditions of Earth's atmosphere
6. species changes in the population
7. includes both phytoplankton and cooplankton
9. material formed from decaying leaves and other organic matter
10. average conditions over long periods
11. species first species to colonize barren areas
12. one organism benefits and the other isn't helped or harmed
13. succession succession that begins in an area with no remnants of an older community
16. organism lives inside or on another organism and harms it
20. effect allowing visible light to enter but trapping heat of environmental circumstances
21. shorter trees and vines form a layer
27. exclusion principle states that no 2 species can occupy exactly the same niche in exactly the same habitat at exactly same time