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Case 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| habitat | place where an organism or a community of organisms live, including all living and nonliving factors or conditions of the surrounding environment |
| population | A group of the same type of organism that lives in the same area. |
| competition | organisms fighting for the same resources in an environment |
| ecosystem | All of the biotic and abiotic parts of an area. |
| Homeostasis | process by which biological systems, including the cell, tend to maintain stability |
| toxic | dangerous, poisonous, or even deadly |
| biodiversity | all the different kinds of living organisms within a given area, |
| extinct | having no living members; no longer in existence. |
| overpopulation | Population which exceeds its carrying capacity |
| invasive | non-native species that can cause harm to the environment |