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vocab
environmental vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ecological footprint | The ecological footprint is a measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems |
| bio-productivity | The bio-productivity is the amount and rate of production which occur in a given ecosystem over a given time period. |
| carrying capacity | the maximum, equilibrium number of organisms of a particular species that can be supported indefinitely in a given environment. |
| limiting factors | an environmental factor that tends to limit population size. |
| biomass | the amount of living matter in a given habitat, expressed either as the weight of organisms per unit area or as the volume of organisms per unit volume of habitat. |