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biology termsDefinitionoriginprefix/meaningroot/meaningsuffix/meaningalternate words
limiting factor an environmental factor that tends to limit population size. Latin n/a fact/ something known to exist or to have happened; limitem/ boundary -or/ suffix forming nouns of quality, state, or condition accelerator/ herbavor/ carnavor/ omnivor
succession a following after, a coming into another's place Middle English, from Old French, from Latin n/a seccedure/ ) to happen -ion/ Action or process nation/ plantation/ possession/ exposition
climax community An ecological community in which populations of plants or animals remain stable and exist in balance with each other and their environment. Latin n/a Klinein/ -ity/ nouns expressing state or condition humanity/ ability/ acuity/absurdity
carrying capacity the maximum, equilibrium number of organisms of a particular species that can be supported indefinitely in a given environment. Old French n/a carrum/ -ity/ nouns expressing state or condition acclivity/ acerbity/ adversity/affinity
exponential growth development at an increasingly rapid rate in proportion to the growing total number or size Latin, and Old French ex-/a prefix meaning “out of,” “from,” and hence ponere/ -al/ of the kind of, pertaining national/ practical/ tactical/ mineral
extinction the act or process of becoming extinct; a coming to an end or dying Middle English, and Latin n/a extinguere/ -ion/ Action or process fication/ abreviation/ aberration/ abolition
sustainable use to support, hold from Old French sustenir, from Latin sus-/ before tenere/ -able/ capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given amiable/ cable/ affable/ delectable
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