Earth's Systems

a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network.

information about reactions to a product, a person’s performance of a task, etc. which is used as a basis for improvement.

a person or thing regarded as an excellent example of a specified quality.

the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms.

a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat

an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.

a community of animals, plants, or humans among whose members interbreeding occurs.

relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations.

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

a locality inhabited by such a group

the place where a person or thing is usually found

a distinct segment of a market.

biological diversity among and within plant and animal species in an environment

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

growth whose rate becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size

population increase that happens in a manner that starts slowly, as there are few individuals

the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation

any force that affects the size of a population of living things

factors are typically a physical factor of the environment, unrelated to the size of the population in question

the number of population per unit of total land area of a country

the act of leaving one’s own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad

the interruption of a settled and peaceful condition

the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness