Ecology

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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.

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What happens to biodiversity when the salinity of water decreases?

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Biodiversity decreases because plants and animals adapted for living in saltier conditions will not be able to survive and reproduce.

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What is a density-independent limiting factor?

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A factor that affects population size regardless of the population's density, such as natural disasters.

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What is habitat fragmentation?

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The process where large habitats are broken into smaller, isolated patches, leading to loss of biodiversity.

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What are invasive species?

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Non-native species that spread widely in a new habitat and can cause harm to native species and ecosystems.

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What is climate change?

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Long-term alteration of temperature and typical weather patterns in a place, affecting ecosystems and biodiversity.

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What is exponential growth in a population?

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A growth pattern where the population size increases rapidly in proportion to the current size, often depicted as a J-shaped curve.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms interacting with their physical environment.

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem, including the number of species, genetic diversity, and ecosystem diversity.