Earth's Systems

describes the relation between several working elements or units.

· the process of returning part of the output of a circuit, system, or device to the input

A systematic description of an object or phenomenon that shares important characteristics

global ecological system integrating all living beings and their relationships

a system, or a group of interconnected elements, formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment

is a biogeographical unit consisting of a biological community that has formed in response to a shared regional climate.

is any organic, living system that functions as an individual entity.

all the individuals of one species in a given area.

a living thing, as an animal or plant, that influences or affects an ecosystem:

a nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it:

an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area.

the natural environment of an organism; place that is natural for the life and growth of an organism:

the position or function of an organism in a community of plants and animals.

the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

A species whose presence and role within an ecosystem has a disproportionate effect on other organisms within the system.

is the rapid growth in relation to the growing total number with the passage of time.

the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties;

Logistic growth is population increase that happens in a manner that starts slowly, as there are few individuals, then increases in speed as numbers increase, but then decreases when the ecosystem reaches its carrying capacity

the number or quantity of living things that can be supported by the environment

any factor that affects the size of a population of living things in response to the number of individuals per unit area

Any factor that affects the size of a population of living things that DOES NOT depend on the number of individuals per unit area

a measurement of population per unit land area.

individuals leaving a population

individuals entering a population