Carrying Capacity and Limiting Factors

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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is carrying capacity?
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The maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can support sustainably.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What are limiting factors?
Back
Environmental conditions that restrict the growth, abundance, or distribution of a population within an ecosystem.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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How can humans change the carrying capacity of a species?
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By manipulating resources in its natural environment.
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What happens if a population exceeds its carrying capacity?
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It can lead to the depletion of available resources in its ecosystem.
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?
Back
They break down and recycle dead organisms and organic matter.
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Name a biotic limiting factor.
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Food available for organisms.
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What are abiotic factors?
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Non-living physical and chemical elements in the environment that affect living organisms.
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