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| abiotic and biotic factors that affect populations in an ecosystem. |
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| exponential population growth |
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| a population will grow exponentially unless it is affected by biotic and abiotic factors. |
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| biotic and abiotic factors that limit or control population |
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| density dependent factors |
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| things that are affected by the numbers of a population like disease, food, competition and predation |
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| density independent factors |
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| factors that affect a population that are not caused by the numbers of that population like temperture, storms, habitat disruption, radiation, ect. |
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| the number of individuals that a given ecosystem will support |
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| the study of human population growth, birth and death rates. |
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| how humans move around. We are all immigrants from somewhere. |
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| the variety of life in an ecosystem. It tends to increase as you move toward the equator. |
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| habitat loss, fragmentation, degradation, exotic species introduction, pollution |
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| bacteria (e. coli), chemical, petroleum, heavy metals (lead, mercury, physical (trash) |
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| the field of science that works at protecting the enviroment |
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| made law in 1973 by Nixon that makes it illegal to harm or threaten any organism on the list |
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| National and State Parks and wildlife management areas |
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| areas set aside by governments for the protection of wildlife. |
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| first president to realize the need for conservation |
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| established the department of natural resources in Georgia |
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| areas of land between conservation areas that allow species to move between them freely. |
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| areas aroung lakes or rivers taht protect them from erosion and pollution |
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