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Bio Vocab Unit1 Week

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Biology VocabularyDefinitionOriginPrefix/MeaningRoot/MeaningSuffix/MeaningAlternate Words
Limiting Factor Any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the existence, numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms Old french N/A limite/a boundary -or/one that does a (specified) thing (blank)
Succesion Orderly, natural changes, and species replacements that take place in ecosystem communities over time Latin N/A successionem/a following after, a coming into another's place, result -ion/act or process (blank)
Climax Community A stable, mature community that undergoes little or no change in species over time Greek;Latin N/A klinein/to slope; communis/common, public, general, shared by all or many -ity/quality (blank)
Carrying Capacity The number of organisms of one species that an enviroment can support Latin; N/A carrum/two-wheeled Celtic war chariot; capere/to take -ity/quality (blank)
Exponential Growth As a population gets larger, it also grows faster Latin; Old English ex/out of : outside ponere/put, place;growan/to flourish, develop, get bigger -al/of, relating to, or characterized by (blank)
Extinction When the last members of a species die Latin N/A extinguere/quench, wipe out, obliterate -ion/act or process (blank)
Sustainable Use Philosophy that promotes letting people use resources in wilderness areas in ways that will not damage the ecosystem Latin; Old Latin sus-/to figure out tenere/to hold; oeti/use, employ, exercise, perform -able/capable of, fit for, or worthy of (blank)
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