The maximum population size that can be sustainded by a given environment.

The space, conditions, and all the living and nonliving things around an organism

An increase in the number of individuals of a given species over what its ecosystem can sustain, often with both direct and indirect effects on other organisms in the ecosystem

All the interacting members of a species in a single area

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Term	Definition
carrying capacity	The maximum population size that can be sustainded by a given environment.
environment	The space, conditions, and all the living and nonliving things around an organism
impact	to directly affect/change
over population	An increase in the number of individuals of a given species over what its ecosystem can sustain, often with both direct and indirect effects on other organisms in the ecosystem
Population	All the interacting members of a species in a single area