Populations and Resources: Chapter 2

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What is a population in an ecosystem?

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A population is a group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area.

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What factors can affect the size of a population?

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Factors include birth rates, death rates, immigration, and emigration.

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What is an ecosystem?

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An ecosystem is made up of living things and nonliving things interacting in a specific environment.

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What are living things in an ecosystem called?

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Biotic factors.

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What are nonliving things in an ecosystem called?

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Abiotic factors.

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What is a resource population?

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A resource population is the population that gets eaten by others.

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What is a consumer population?

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A consumer population is the population that eats others.

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What happens to the resource population if the consumer population decreases?

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The resource population will increase.

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What happens to the consumer population if the resource population decreases?

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The consumer population will likely decrease due to lack of food.

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What is carrying capacity?

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Carrying capacity is the maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can support.