click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
ecology 2 collins
bio
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| carrying capacity | largest number of individuals of a particular species that can survive over long periods of times in a given environment. |
| demography | the study of human population. |
| demographic transition | The change in a population from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates. |
| green revolution | The development of highly perductive crop strains and the use of modern agrecultures and techniques to increase yield of food crops. |
| renewable resource | Resources that use regenerate quickly and that is replacible. |
| pollutant | The harmful material that can enter the biosphere through the land, air, or water. |
| biodiversity | The sum total of the variety of organisms in the biosphere. |
| biological magnification | The increasing concentration of a harmful substance in organisms that at higher trophic levels in a food chain or food web. |