Population Dynamics

What is a group of organisms of one species that lives in the same area at the same time.

• community

• group

• population

• habitat

When individuals join to come into a population

• immigration

• emigration

When individuals leave a population

• immigration

• emigration

The amount of resources in an area influences the size of the population.

• true

• false

What is the maximum number of individuals of one species that the environment can support?

• overload capacity

• top capacity

• population

• carrying capacity

The part of the environlent that keeps a population's size at a level below its full potential

• limiting factor

• stopping factor

• carrying factor

• potential factor

What is an example of an abiotic fawaterctor?

• nutrients

• water

• soil

• sunlight

What might happen when two or more individuals or populations try to use the same limited resource, such as food, water, shelter, space, or sunlight?

• fight

• cooperation

• competition

• breed

Individuals working together such as killer whales hunting together

• cooperation

• competition

• fighting

• breeding