Populations & Symbiotic Relationships

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What are limiting factors?

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Environmental factors that cause a population to stop growing or decrease in size.

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What type of symbiosis occurs when both species benefit?

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Mutualism.

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What is immigration in terms of population?

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The movement of individuals into a population.

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What type of symbiotic relationship involves one organism benefiting at the expense of another?

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Parasitism.

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What is commensalism?

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A type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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What is carrying capacity?

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The maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can support.

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What is the difference between immigration and emigration?

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Immigration is moving into a population, while emigration is leaving a population.

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What is population density?

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The number of individuals living in a given area.

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What is growth rate?

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The rate at which a population increases or decreases in size.

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What is an example of mutualism?

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Hummingbirds feeding on nectar while pollinating flowers.