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Science Vocabulary
Ecological footprint,Bio-productive,Carrying Capacity,Limiting factors,Biomass
Word | Definition |
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Ecological footprint | The impact of a total person or community on the environment, expressed, as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources. |
Bio-productive | Able to produce and sustain living organisms. |
Carrying capacity | The maximum population (number of people, living organisms, or crops) that an region will support without undergoing deterioration. |
Limiting factors | A resource or environmental condition that limits the growth, abundance, or population, of organisms in a ecosystem. |
Biomass | The total mass of organisms in a habitat in a given area or volume. |