Biodiversity Vocabulary Practice

2. total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level
7. population growth Growth of a population in an ideal, unlimited environment, represented by a J-shaped curve when population size is plotted over time.
8. the study and implementation of restoring damaged ecosystems
9. increasing concentration of a harmful substance in organisms at higher trophic levels in a food chain or food web
11. competition between members of different species
12. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
13. The movement of abiotic factors between the living and nonliving components within ecosystems; also known as nutrient cycles (i.e., water cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle, and nitrogen cycle).
14. population growth that levels off as population size approaches carrying capacity

1. The pattern of reproducing when young and producing many offspring that receive little or no parental care; often seen in short-lived, small-bodied species.
3. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
4. Graph showing the number of survivors in different age groups for a particular species.
5. Conditions in the environment that put limits on where an organism can live
6. gradual change in living communities that follows a disturbance
7. pattern of developing and reaching sexual maturity slowly and producing few, well-cared-for offspring
10. competition between members of the same species