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| The diversity and abundance of a species in an ecosystem |
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| Ecosystem Diversity[image] |
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| The variety of ecosystems in a biosphere |
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| Population Density[image] |
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| The number of organisms per unit area |
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| Spatial Distribution[image] |
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| The different ways that organisms are dispersed in an ecosystem |
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| Dispersion Patterns[image] |
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| Random, Uniform, And Clumped |
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| The speed at which a population grows |
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| Exponential growth[image] |
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| when a populations growth is proportional to its size |
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| when a population grows exponentially until it reaches its carrying capacity |
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| The Largest amount of organisms an ecosystem can support |
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| Fracturing of habitat[image] |
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| when a habitat is not completely destroyed, but separates the organisms within it. |
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| Habitat Destruction[image] |
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| When a habitat is completely destroyed. |
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| Acid Precipitation[image] |
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| When acid forms in rain clouds and destroys crops. |
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| When pollutants flood waterways and cause rapid growth of algae. |
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| environmental effects that happen around the edge of an ecosystem |
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| Biological magnification[image] |
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| the increasing levels of toxins as trophic levels increase |
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| Introduced species[image] |
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| when a new species is introduced to a foreign ecosystem and kills off another. |
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| when a species is overused for a resource |
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| Disruption of habitat[image] |
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| When a habitat is slowly hurt |
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| background extinction[image] |
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| when a species gradually becomes extinct |
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| When a species rapidly becomes extinct. |
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| the diversity of genes in a population |
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| Renewable resources[image] |
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| resources that are regenerated by the environment faster than we destroy them |
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| Nonrenewable resources[image] |
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| resources that are depleted faster than they are resupplied. |
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| the practice of using a resource at a rate at which it can be resupplied |
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