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`Bio 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Trophic Level | Step in a food web or food chain. |
| Biomass | Total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level. |
| Biogeochemical cycle | Process in which elements chemical compounds, and other forms of matter are passed from one organism to another to form one part of the biosphere to another. |
| Limiting nutrients | Single nutrient that either is scarce or cycles very slowly, limiting the growth of organisms in an ecosystem. |
| Weather | Condtion of Earths atmosphere at a particular time and space. |
| Climate | Average year after year condition of Temp. precipitation in a particular region. |
| Green House Effect | Heat is retained in earths atmosphere by CO2,methane,water vapor, and other gases. |
| Biotic Factor | Biological influence on organisms within an ecosystem. |
| Abiotic Factor | Physical or non living factor that shapes an ecosystem. |
| Niche | Full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives. |
| Logistic Growth | Growth patern in which a population's growth rate slows or stops. |
| Carrying capacity | Largest number of individuals of a population. |
| Demography | Scientific study of human population. |
| Demographic Transition | Change in population in birth and growth rates to low birth and growth rates. |
| Green Revolution | Development of highly productive crop strains. |
| Renewable Resources | Can regeernate Quickly and that is replaceable. |
| Polluttant | Harmful material that can enter the biosphere throuh the land,air and ground. |
| Biodiversity | Biological diversity;the sum total of the variety of organisms in tha biosphere. |
| Biological Magnification | Increasing concentration of a harmful substance in organisms in a higher trophic levels in a food chain or food web. |