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Overpopulation List
Question | Answer |
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Overpopulation | Too many of one organism or species in an ecosystem causing a decrease in other resources |
Disturbance | When the balance of an ecosystem is disrupted |
Structure | Physical characteristics of an organism that helps it survive |
Extinct | No longer living on Earth |
Endangered | A plant or animal species in danger of becoming extinct. |
Carbon Cycle | The process by which carbon moves between the atmosphere, oceans and living organisms. Includes the process of photosynthesis. |
Carbon Dioxide | A gas in the atmosphere that plants take in and use in the process of making their own food. |
Oxygen | A gas in the atmosphere that animals breathe in and need to survive |
Function | Behavioral characteristics of an organism that helps it survive |