APES Review Game #1

The variety of life across all levels of ecological organization, including species, genes, and ecosystems.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The maximum population size of a species that an environment can sustain indefinitely.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A measure of how much a person or population consumes, expressed in area of land.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The process by which nutrients (mainly nitrogen and phosphorus) build up in a body of water, leading to excessive algae growth and oxygen depletion.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The overuse or depletion of a shared, limited resource because individuals act in their own self-interest.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The rate at which solar energy is converted by autotrophs into organic substances.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The increasing concentration of toxic substances in organisms at each successive trophic level.

Pollution that comes from a single, identifiable source (e.g., a factory pipe).

Pollution that comes from many diffuse sources (e.g., runoff from farms).

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A layer of warm air trapping pollutants near the ground, often worsening air quality.