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Ecology Part2
Biology notecards section 5-1 to 6-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Logistic Growth | occurs when a population's growth slows or stops following a period of esponential growth. |
| Carrying Capacity | largest number of individuals of a population that a given environment can support. |
| Demography | scientific study of human populations |
| Demographic Transition | change in a population frm high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates. |
| Green Revolution | the development of highly productive crop strains and the use of modern agricultural techniques to increse yields of food crops. |
| Renewable Resource | resource that can regenerate quickly and that is replacable. |
| Pollutant | harmful material that can enter the biosphere through the land, air, or water. |
| Biodiversity | biological diversity; the sum total of the variety of organisms in the biosphere. |
| Biological Magnification | increasing concentration of a harmful substance in organisms at higher trophic levels in a food chain or food web. |