Question | Answer |
a living thing in its environment or once alive | biotic factor |
a non living thing | abiotic factor |
aliens to an ecosystem | nonnative species |
what does nonnative species usually do to an ecosystem | upset the balance |
variation ofliving things within ecosystem | biodiversity |
what anorganism does to survive | niche |
what does a nutria do to harm louisiana | destroys vegatation and burrows into the soil |
anything that restricts the individual organisms in a population or in a community and could cause a chain reaction | limiting factor |
largest number of individuals of one species that an ecosystem can support over time | carrying capacity |
what will happen if the carrying capacity was exceeded | competion or not enough resources |
what do living organisms do to survive in environments | adapt |
the way living organisms cope with their environments | adaptation |
adaptations that are physical | structural adaptations |
adaptatuions that are changes to help survive | behavioral |
what can specie variations be used for | identifying |
what can specie variation increase | survivla |
what are some changes that happen from environment | hurican, flooding, and erosion |
what are some changes that occur from humans | pollution, land clearin, poaching |
what causes higher pollution in waterways | droughts |
what causes higher pollution on ground | flooding |
what can we do to save organisms and resources | recycle, keeping air clean, |
what are the four main reasons that we have started to help save organisms and resources | clean air acts, clean water acts, endangered species act, and banning of DDT |