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| Carrying Capacity | The maximum number of individuals of a population that a particular envirvonment can support |
| Population | A group of the same type of animals living in the same place at the same time. |
| Limiting Factor | Factors that limit a population's growth |
| Competition | Two organisms trying to use the same resources, such as food, water and shelter. |
| Biodiversity | Variation among living things in an ecosystem |
| Disturbance | Something that disrupts the balance in an ecosystem |
| Acid Rain | Pollutants in the air that dissolve in precipitation and fall to the Earth |
| Greenhouse Gasses | Gasses that trap sunlight energy in the atmosphere. |
| Succession | The process by which ecosystems undergo changes as communities of organisms change. |
| Primary Succession | Succession that happens slowly because there is no soil present - ex. area of volcanic activity |
| Secondary Succession | Succession that happens rapidly due to soil being present. ex forest fire. |
| Climax Community | The final stage of ecological succession when the ecosystem is in balance. |
