Biosphere - represents the parts of the Earth where life exists, population - group of organisms of the same species living in the same area at the same time, abiotic - non-living, niche - role of a species in an ecosystem, herbivory - animals eat plants, parasitism - when an organism (the parasite) takes nutrients from another organism (the host)., carryingcapacity - maximum size of a population determined by competition for limited resources, densitydependent - factors are ones that affect the population only when it reaches a certain density., jcurve - boom and bust curve, community - interacting populations within the ecosystem, habitat - where an organism lives, open - type of system in an ecosystem, keystone - important species, genetic - function and ______ integrity is looked at within the planetary boundaries. , tipping - point at which there is no return, conservation - protection of ecosystems,

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