Population Growth

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What is carrying capacity?

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The largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support.

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What are limiting factors?

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Anything that keeps a population from continuing to grow exponentially.

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What is exponential growth?

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A pattern of population growth where the number of individuals increases rapidly over time.

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What is logistic growth?

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A pattern of population growth that starts exponentially but slows as the population reaches carrying capacity.

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What is a predator-prey relationship?

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An interaction where one organism (the predator) hunts and eats another organism (the prey).

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What happens to prey populations when predators increase?

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Prey populations tend to decrease as predators increase.

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What happens to predator populations when prey populations increase?

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Predator populations tend to increase when prey populations are abundant.

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What is a population crash?

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A rapid decrease in the size of a population.

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What is mutualism?

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A relationship between two species where both benefit.

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What is immigration in population dynamics?

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The movement of individuals into a population from another area.