Flux Capacity
This term describes the maximum number of organisms an environment can support long-term
This is the process that coverts light energy into chemical energy
Photosynthesis
This is responsible for most of the energy in an ecosystem
The Sun
In and experiment, this variable is changed
Independent Variable
This sphere includes all living organisms
Biosphere
This is a factor that restricts population growth
Limiting Factor
This process provides energy for cellular activity
Cellular Respiration
These organisms are responsible for bringing energy into an ecosystem
Producers
In an experiment, this variable is measured as a result of the experiment
Dependent Variable
This sphere includes rivers, ice, and groundwater
Hydrosphere
When a population reaches carrying capacity, its growth rate usually does this.
Slows down or stops
This gas is a product of photosynthesis
Oxygen
This kind of organism gets its energy by eating other organisms
Consumer
In an experiment, this thing stays the same
Control
This sphere includes oxygen, nitrogen, and methane
This occurs when a population exceeds its carrying capacity, leading to increased competition, disease, or starvation.
These are the reactants of cellular respiration
These organisms recycle nutrients back into the environment
Decomposers
Compare and Collaborate
This sphere includes soil and landforms
Geosphere
This is how a limiting factor affects carrying capacity
How large a population can grow
This product of cellular respiration provides energy for the cells
ATP
This process returns carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
Respiration
Hypothesis
Water and Carbon