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ecology maxwell 2
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 from 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 agriculture techniques to increase yields of food crops |
| renewable resource | resource that can regenerate quickly and that's replaceable |
| pollutant | harmful material that can enter the biosphere through the land, air, or water |
| biodiversity | biological diversity; the sum total of 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 |