Science 10 - Biology VOCAB

The unrestricted growth of a population of organisms, occurring when resources in its habitat are unlimited

• Limiting Factor

• Exponential Growth

• Carrying Capacity

• Food Chain

Organisms that can make their own food from basic

nutrients and sunlight

• Heterotroph

• Population

• Autotroph

• Biotic

The diversity of living things

• Abiotic

• Food Web

• Population

• Biodiversity

The size of a population that can be supported

indefinitely by the resources of a given ecosystem

• Limiting Factor

• Carrying Capacity

• Population

• Sustainability

Organisms which eat/feed off others

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Abiotic

• Biotic

Food chains which interlock with each other to form a

feeding relationship

• Population

• Food Web

• Biodiversity

• Population

All the interacting parts of a biological community and its

environment

• Sustainability

• Population

• Ecosystems

• Food Webs

A factor that limits the growth, distribution, or amount

of population in an ecosystem

• Carrying Capacity

• Limiting Factor

• Population

• Biodiversity

The physical conditions of the atmosphere at a specific

time and place

• Weather

• Climate

• Ecosystems

• Food Web

When the concentration of toxins increase as you move up a food chain

• Limiting Factor

• Carrying Capacity

• Bioaccumulation

• Inorganic Matter