| A | B |
|---|
| carry capacity | the population size and environment can feed and support |
| conservation | protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment |
| deforestation | the removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves |
| environment | the living and nonliving things that are around an organism |
| extinction | the death of every member of a species on Earth |
| indigenous | native to an area; originating in a region |
| invasive species | species that enter new ecosystems and multiply, harming native species and their habitats |
| non-native species | species introduced deliberately or accidentally from somewhere else |
| overpopulation | an increase in the number of individuals of a given species over what its ecosystem can sustain, often with both direct and indirect effects |
| population | all the living things that belong to the same group and live in the same area |
