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ecology rempalski2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| weather | day to day condition of the atmosphere. |
| climate | conditons year after year |
| greenhouse effect | natural situation when heat is retained by the layer of gases. 89 |
| biotic factors | p. 90, biological influences on organisms within and ecosystem. |
| abiotic factors | physical nonliving factors. 90 |
| niche | full range of phys. and biological conditions in which living things live. 90 |
| logistic growth | growth pattern in which a population slows or stops. p. 122 |
| carrying capacity | largest # of individuals of a a population that a given environment can support. 90 |
| demography | scientific study of human populations. p. 130 |
| demographic transition | change in pop. from high birth/death rates to low birth/death rates. |
| green revolution | the development of highy productive crop strains. |
| renewable source | replacable sources. |
| pollutant | material that is harmful to the biosphere. p. 148 |
| biodiversity | biological diversity, the sum of the total of the variety of organisms. page. 150 |
| biological magnification | the increasing concentration of a harmful substance in organisms at a higher trophic level. in a food chain or food web. p. 152 |