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Ecosystem Stability
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acid rain | rainfall made acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm |
| carrying capacity | the maximum population size of a species that can be sustained in that specific environment, given the food, habitat, water, and other resources available |
| limiting factor | factors (variables) in an environment that can limit a process, such as growth, abundance, or distribution of a population of organisms in an ecosystem |
| global warming | increase in the Earth's average atmospheric temperature due to an increase in the levels of greenhouse gases |
| greenhouse effect | a natural process that warms the Earth’s surface; when the Sun’s energy reaches the Earth’s atmosphere, some of it is reflected back to space and the rest is absorbed and re-radiated by greenhouse gases |
| deforestation | the permanent removal of trees to make room for something besides forest |