Population Ecology

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What is emigration?

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The movement out of an area.

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What is a population?

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A group of organisms of the same species living in the same place at the same time.

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What are limiting factors?

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Factors that prevent populations from growing indefinitely.

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What does carrying capacity mean?

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The number of individuals an area can support.

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

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Exponential growth.

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What is immigration?

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The movement into an area.

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What is a community in ecology?

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A group of different species living together in the same area.

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What is the difference between biotic and abiotic factors?

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Biotic factors are living components, while abiotic factors are non-living components of an ecosystem.

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What is a niche?

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The role or function of an organism or species within an ecosystem.

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What is a food chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.