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| 3 | biology - carrying capacityby jvmolinari | 5 terms | March 13, 2007 |
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| carrying capacity definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support | 97 sets | |
| 2 | largest number of individuals of a population that a given environment can support | 44 sets | |
| 3 | largest amount of a population that can be supported by an area | 36 sets | |
| 4 | the maximum number of individuals of any species that can be supported by a particular ecosystem on a long-term basis | 30 sets | |
| 5 | population size that an environment can sustain | 25 sets | |
| 6 | the largest population that an area can support | 18 sets | |
| 7 | number of organisms in a population that an environment can maintain | 14 sets | |
| 8 | the largest population that an environment can support at any given time | 13 sets | |
| 9 | the maximum number of individuals of any species that can be supported by a particular ecosystem on a long-tern basis | 11 sets | |
| 10 | largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support | 11 sets | |
| 11 | the number of individuals that can be sustained in an area | 9 sets | |
| 12 | largest population that an area can support | 9 sets | |
| 13 | the maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources, symbolized as k | 9 sets | |
| 14 | the number of individuals of a species that an ecosystem is capable of supporting | 9 sets | |
| 15 | the number of organisms a piece of land can support | 8 sets | |
| 16 | largest number of individuals of a particular species that an ecosystem can support over time. | 8 sets | |
| 17 | the number of organisms of one species that an environment can support | 8 sets | |
| 18 | the population size that an environment can sustain | 7 sets | |
| 19 | the largest population that a given environment can support over a long period of time | 7 sets | |
| 20 | this is the population level that can be supported, given the quantity of food, habitat, water and other life infrastructure present. this is important because it tells how many people an area will be able to support. | 7 sets | |
| 21 | maximum number of organisms that a given enviorment can support | 7 sets | |
| 22 | the maximum number of individuals of any species that can be supported by a particular ecosystem on a long-term basis. | 6 sets | |
| 23 | the number of organisms of one species that an environment can support. | 5 sets | |
| 24 | population size that an environment can sustain. | 5 sets | |
| 25 | the max. number of individuals of any species that can be supported by a particular ecosystem on a long- term basis | 5 sets | |
| 26 | largest population that an environment can support | 5 sets | |
| 27 | the number of organisms of one species that an environment can support indefinitely | 5 sets | |
| 28 | the largest number of individuals that a given environment can support | 5 sets | |
| 29 | the largest population that an area can support. | 5 sets | |
| 30 | largest number of individuals of a particular species that an ecosystem can support over time | 5 sets | |
| 31 | the maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources, symbolized as k. | 4 sets | |
| 32 | the largest number of people that the environment of a particular area can sustainably support. | 4 sets | |
| 33 | number of organisms in a population that an environment can maintain. | 4 sets | |
| 34 | the largest number of individuals of one species that an ecosystem can support over time | 4 sets | |
| 35 | the number of individuals the environment can support over a long period of time. | 4 sets | |
| 36 | the maximum number of organisms of a species, or the maximum population size which an environment is able to support | 4 sets | |
| 37 | the largest population of any single species that an area can support | 4 sets | |
| 38 | largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support, largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support | 4 sets | |
| 39 | largest population an area can support | 4 sets | |
| 40 | largest number of individuals of a population that a given enviroment can support | 4 sets | |