| A | B |
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| Biotic Factors | having to do with life,living organism, including those things once living |
| Abiotic Factors | having to do with non-living factors that affect the enviroment |
| Sustainability | the ability to maintain stable and renewed over a long period of time |
| Pollution | any biotic change to the enviroment that is harmful to the orgnisms |
| Carbon Footprint | the estimate of the amount of carbon pollution an individual or an activity has on the enviroment |
| Global Warming | the recent increase in global temperatures,most likely caused by increase in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses; is causing drastic changes in different ecosystems around the world |
| Endemic | species that are native to an area, and not found anywhere else |
| Indigenous | species that are native to an area, but also native to other places |
| Introduced (Alien) | species that are brought over by human influence |
| Invasive | introduced species that have the abilty to spread rapidly and compete the native species |
| Extinct | no longer existing or living; all memebers of the species have died |
| Endangered | close to becoming extinct; only a few members of the species are still alive |
