AKS 13: Ecology

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Logistic growth curve

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S-shaped curve, population growth slows as it reaches carrying capacity

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Particulates

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Tiny particles or droplets in the air, can affect health and climate

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Density independent factor

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Affect population size regardless of density, e.g., weather

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Limiting factors

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Conditions that limit the growth of a population

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Intraspecific competition

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Competition among members of the same species

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Parasitism

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Relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another

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Nonrenewable resource

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Resource that cannot be replenished quickly, e.g., fossil fuels

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Renewable resource

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Resource that can be replenished naturally, e.g., solar energy

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Aquatic biomes

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Water-based environments, e.g., oceans, lakes

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Greenhouse effect

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Warming of Earth due to trapped heat by greenhouse gases