Carrying Capacity

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What is carrying capacity?

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The largest number of individuals that an area can support.

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What happens to the carrying capacity of prey if the carrying capacity of a predator decreases?

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The carrying capacity of the prey will increase.

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What is logistic population growth?

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Growth when resources are limited, described by an s-shaped curve, and reaching carrying capacity.

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What is a producer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that produces its own food, typically a plant.

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In a pyramid of energy, which level contains members of the plant kingdom?

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Level D.

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What is a limiting factor?

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Any factor that restricts the size of a population.

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Define abiotic factors.

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Non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms.

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What is resource availability?

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The accessibility of resources necessary for survival and reproduction in an ecosystem.

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Explain the concept of a food chain.

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

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What is the difference between biotic and abiotic factors?

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