Population Growth

Front

What is the largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support?

Back

Carrying capacity

Front

What type of growth is characterized by a rapid increase in population size?

Back

Exponential growth

Front

What do we call an animal that hunts another animal for food?

Back

Predator

Front

What term describes a factor that causes the population to decrease?

Back

Limiting factor

Front

What is the carrying capacity for a sheep population if it is stated to be 1.6 million?

Back

1.6 million

Front

What is the term for the maximum population size that an environment can sustain?

Back

Carrying capacity

Front

What type of growth occurs when a population grows rapidly and then levels off?

Back

Logistic growth

Front

What is the relationship called where one organism benefits at the expense of another?

Back

Predation

Front

What is the term for the initial phase of population growth where numbers are low?

Back

Lag phase

Front

What is the term for the cycle of population increase and decrease between predators and prey?

Back

Predator-prey cycle