Population Growth & Limiting Factors

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What type of growth is characterized by a rapid increase in population size when resources are abundant?

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Exponential growth.

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What is the term for the maximum number of individuals that an environment can sustainably support?

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Carrying capacity.

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What are the living components of an ecosystem called?

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Biotic factors.

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What is the term for a relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed?

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Commensalism.

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Identify a predator/prey relationship in a food web.

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Foxes & Mice.

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What type of growth occurs when a population's growth rate decreases as it reaches its carrying capacity?

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Logistic growth.

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What are non-living components of an ecosystem called?

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Abiotic factors.

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What is the term for factors that limit the growth of a population?

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Limiting factors.

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What is an example of mutualism in an ecosystem?

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Bees pollinating flowers.

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What is the difference between density-dependent and density-independent factors?

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Density-dependent factors are influenced by population size, while density-independent factors affect populations regardless of size.