Key Terms | Population Factors | Symbiotic Relationships | General Ecology | Ecology |
---|---|---|---|---|
What is Immigration
Moving in
|
What is Birth Rate
This rate increases a population
|
What is Host
Provides food and place to live for a parasite
|
What is community
Large group of different living things.
|
What is Population
Group of same species living together
|
What is Emigration
Moving out
|
What is Death Rate
This rate decreases a population
|
What is Prey
Organism that is hunted
|
What is Ecosystem
All living and non-living things
|
What is Carrying Capacity
Limits growth rate in a population
|
What is Coevolution
Back and forth adjustments between predator and prey
|
What is Life expectancy
The average life span of a person
|
What is Mutualism
Both organisms receive benefits
|
What is Biotic and Abiotic Factors
All living/non-living factors
|
What is Symbiotic Relationships
Relationships that can be good or bad for an organism
Has several types of relationships |
What is Predation
Killing for food
|
What is Growth Rate
The amount by which a population's size changes over time
|
What is Commencialism
1 Organism receives benefits
Other isn't harmed/helped |
What is Habitat
Where an organisms lives
|
What is Exponential Growth
Growth whose rate becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size
|
What Symbiosis
Where two organisms live in a close, long-term relationship
|
What is Population Size
The number of individuals a population contains
Usually is estimated |
What is Parasitism
Organism feeds and lives on another organism
|
What is Garret (insert name here) Brown
What is your biology Teachers FULL NAME
|
What is Logistic Growth
Population growth in which the growth rate decreases with increasing number of individuals
|