Search Results for: sustain
Sustainable
Definition adjective (1) Of, or relating to a state of being maintained at a constant level while no major or severe damage... Read More
Sustainability
Definition noun (1) The capacity of being sustained; a feature of being sustainable (2) The ability of the ecosystem to keep... Read More
Unsustainability
Definition noun (1) The incapacity of keeping (something) sustainable; the capability of getting depleted (2) The state in... Read More
Non-sustainability
Definition noun The state in which human consumption or activities exceeds the ability of the ecosystem to replenish over... Read More
Homeostasis
Homeostasis is the tendency not to stray from the range of favorable or ideal internal conditions. Such conditions must be... Read More
Carrying capacity
Carrying Capacity Definition What is carrying capacity? In biology and environmental science, the carrying capacity of a... Read More
Limiting factor
Limiting Factor Definition A limiting factor refers to any of the factors (variables) in an environment capable of limiting... Read More
Environmental resistance
Environmental Resistance Definition Environmental resistance is such a process in which certain different elements or... Read More
Energy coupling
What is Energy Coupling? Work, whether it be physical or biological, requires energy to be expended. In biological... Read More
Aromatic compound
Aromatic compound --> cyclic compound Any compound in which the constituent atoms, or any part of them, form a ring. Used... Read More
Basal metabolic rate
Basal metabolic rate is the amount of enrgy required to sustain only vital organs when one is at rest (Science:... Read More
Exotic species
Exotic Species Definition What is an exotic species? In biology, an exotic species refers to a plant species or an animal... Read More
Pyramid of Productivity
Definition noun A graphical representation in the shape of a pyramid showing the distribution of productivity or flow of... Read More
Renewable resource
Definition noun A type of natural resource that can be replenished or takes a rather short period of time for nature to... Read More
Allopatric speciation
We can define speciation as a process by which the novel genetically independent group of organisms are formed through the... Read More
Cyclic compound
Cyclic compound Any compound in which the constituent atoms, or any part of them, form a ring. Used mainly in organic... Read More
Realized niche
What is a niche? A niche can be defined as the means by which a species or an individual interacts with its environment. In... Read More
Redundancy Hypothesis
Definition noun A theory that assumes one or more species impart a role within an ecological unit to maintain dynamic... Read More
Endomembrane system
Ever wondered how biomolecules are made within the cell and then they are released outside the cell for use by the body?... Read More
The Human Physiology
Physiology is the study of how living organisms function. Thus, human physiology deals specifically with the physiological... Read More
Origins of Life on Earth
Although Earth was created around 4.5 billion years ago, life began to exist not long after. Due to the huge timescales... Read More
Population Regulation in an Ecosystem
Darwin focused some of this work in regards to the population size of a species, and what factors may affect them. He... Read More
Ecosystem Succession
Just one of the amazing aspects of life on Earth is that it spreads to all areas where the habitat will allow it to survive.... Read More
Adaptive Radiation
Reviewed by: Mary Anne Clark, Ph.D. When Charles Darwin was in the Galapagos Islands, one of the first things he... Read More
Physiological adaptation
If we look over evolutionary history, we find that it’s neither the most genius and intelligent nor the strongest and the... Read More
Population
Living organisms typically prefer to live, grow and survive in groups. Except for some species that prefer solitude - both... Read More
