Populations Vocab

all of one species living in the same place at the same time (also deals with the actual number of that species)

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• individual

the number of births in a population in a certain amount of time

• birth rate

• death rate

• immigration

• emigration

the number of deaths in a population in a certain amount of time

• birth rate

• death rate

• immigration

• emigration

when individuals move into a population

• birth rate

• death rate

• immigration

• emigration

when individuals move out of a population

• birth rate

• death rate

• immigration

• emigration

the number of individuals in an area of a specific size

• population

• population density

• carrying capacity

• limiting factors

the largest population that an area can support

• population

• population density

• carrying capacity

• limiting factors

an environmental factor that causes a population to stop growing or decrease in size (like weather conditions, space, food, water)

• population

• population density

• carrying capacity

• limiting factors