Populations Vocabulary

too many of one type of organism in an area

• overpopulation

• carrying capacity

• degradation

• limiting factors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

use of a resource equals restoring the resource

• degradation

• sustainability

• consumption

• extinction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

foreign organism whose population grows and dominates local plant or animal populations

• overpopulation

• invasive species

• carrying capacity

• drought

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

anything that restricts (limits) the number of individuals in a population

• depletion

• degradation

• carrying capacity

• limiting factors

describes a species of animals that once lived on Earth but that no longer lives

• depletion

• degradation

• extinct (extinction)

• consumption

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

when a resource gets to the point where it can't renew itself enough to keep up with the use of it

• depletion (exhaustion)

• extinct (extinction)

• degradation

• drought

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

when something is made worse, especially the quality of land

• overpopulation

• degradation

• invasive species

• limiting factors

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

a long shortage of rainfall

• consumption

• extinction

• drought

• degradation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

the largest population that an environment can support at any given time

• overpopulation

• limiting factors

• drought

• carrying capacity

the use of a resource

• consumption (consume)

• depletion (exhaustion)

• extinct (extinction)

• sustainability

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4