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B- Unit 3 Lesson 6
Carry Capacity
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abiotic | elements in an ecosystem that have never been alive |
| biodiversity | the collection of different kinds of organisms living in a given area at a given time |
| biotic | any living or once-living things in an ecosystem |
| carrying capacity | the maximum number of individuals of a particular species that an ecosystem can support at a given time |
| ecosystem | all the organisms in a given area along with the nonliving things with which they interact |
| homeostasis | living things maintain a stable internal state even when their environment changes |
| keystone species | a species on which the other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if the keystone species were removed the ecosystem would change drastically |
| population | all members of a particular species in a given area at a given time |
| metabolism | the process that occur in an organism to sustain life such as converting food to energy in order for all cell processes to take place |