Chapter 4/5/6
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- sustainable development
- using natural resources at a rate that does not deplete them
- biological magnification
- increasing levels of a harmful substance in organisms at higher trophic levels in a food chain or food web
- emigration
- movement of individuals out of an area
- conservation
- wise management of natural resources, including the preservation of habitat and wildlife
- limiting factor
- factor that causes the growth of a population to decrease
- endangered species
- species whose population size is rapidly declining and will become extinct if the trend continues
- biodiversity
- biological diversity; the sum total of the variety of organisms in the biosphere
- desertification
- in areas with dry climates a process caused by a combination of poor farming practices, over grazing, and drought that turns productive and into desert
- extinction
- disappearance of a species from all parts of its geographical range
- immigration
- movement of individuals into an area occupied by an existing population
- pollutant
- harmful material that can enter the biosphere through air, land, or water
- carrying capacity
- largest number of individuals of a population that a given environment can support
- invasive species
- plants and animals that have migrated to places where they are not native
- population density
- number of individuals of the same species that live in the same area