Chapter 5 lesson 3
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Populations are limited by factors like predators, food sources, and the carrying capacity of their environment. Species can become endangered, threatened, or extinct due to lack of resources, urban growth, pollution from strip mining and fertilizer use, and impacts from agriculture. The key terms discussed include limiting factor, carrying capacity, endangered species, extinct, and threatened species.
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Chapter 5 lesson 3
- 1. How Populations SurviveChapter 5, Lesson 3limiting factorcarrying capacityendangered speciesextinctthreatened species
- 2. limiting factor – anything that controls the growth or survival of a populationpredatorspredatorscamouflage food sources
- 3. carrying capacity – the maximum population size that the resources in an area can support
- 4. endangered species – a species that is in danger of becoming extinctClick here to enter the linkClick here to enter the link
- 5. extinct – a species that has died out completelyClick here to enter the linkClick here to enter the link
- 6. threatened species – a species that may become endangered
- 7. urban growth – the movement from a rural (country) area to an urban (city) area
- 8. pollution – when the air, water, or soil is dirtied by chemicals and/or trash
- 9. strip mining – when people carve the land to get rocks that are near the surface
- 10. fertilizer – chemicals used to make plants grow more effectively
- 11. agriculture – farming; cultivating or growing plants for food or to meet other needs and wants