Population Ecology Review

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Population growth that levels off due to limiting factors such as food, shelter, or water.

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Logistic

Front

Population growth that is not limited

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Exponential

Front

The number of a specific organism that an ecosystem can sustain is known as the...

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Carrying Capacity

Front

All the biotic and abiotic parts of the environment is a:

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Ecosystem

Front

A group of organisms of the same species is a: Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem

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Population

Front

Which would go on the y-axis?

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Number of Bacteria

Front

What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

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1000

Front

A population of elephants becomes too large, and several members leave the population. What is this process called?

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emigration

Front

Which two factors can both cause a population to increase?

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birth rate and immigration

Front

What is true about the relationship shown in the graph?

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The population of snakes increases due to the increase in the frogs