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Carrying Capacity?   The number of individuals an environment can support.  
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Population size?   The number of individual living things of a specific type within a given area.  
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Ecology?   The study of how living things interact with each other and with their physical environments.  
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Ecosystem?   All the living things that exist together in a habitat.  
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Variation?   Inherited differences within a species or specific type of organism.  
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Mutation?   Usually harmful.  
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Water cycle?   Circulation of water throughout the environment.  
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Biogeochemical Cycle?   Movement of atoms of specific elements throughout the environment.  
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Logistical Curve?   "S" curve - based on reproduction rates influenced by environmental factors.  
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Exponential Curve?   "J" curve - based on reproduction rates only.  
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What happens when more offspring are produced than the environment can support?   Competition for resources until Carrying Capacity is reached.  
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Predator?   A living thing that feeds on another living thing.  
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Exotic Specie?   A living thing that is introduced into a new environment where it has never lived before.  
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