Earth system

a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network. “the state railroad system”

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

a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original.

the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) 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, e.g. forest or tundra.

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

all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.

a living organism that shapes its environment

a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.

a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.

the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

a comfortable or suitable position in life or employment.

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.

growth whose rate becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size. “the exponential growth of the world’s population”

a population’s per capita growth rate gets smaller and smaller as population size approaches a maximum imposed by limited resources in the environment, known as the carrying capacity ( K)

a species’ average population size in a particular habitat

a factor whose effects on the size or growth of a population vary with the population density

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

the concentration of individuals within a species in a specific geographic locale

The act of leaving a habitat or place with the intent of moving to a different habitat or place

any relatively discrete event in time that disrupts ecosystem, community, or population structure, and changes resources, substrate availability, or physical environment