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Science Ecosystem
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Birth Rate | The number of births in population in a certain amount of time. |
| Death Rate | The number of deaths in a population In a certain amount of time. |
| Immigration | Moving into a population. |
| Emigration | Leaving a population. |
| Niche | The role of the an organisms in its habitat, or how it makes his living. |
| Symbiosis | A closes relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species. |
| Commensalism | A relationship between two species in which one spices benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed. |
| Limiting Factor | A environmental factor that causes a population to decrease |
| Carrying Capacity | The largest population that can area can support. |
| Natural Selections | A process by witch charitoriscs that make an idvuidal Bette suited to its environment become more common in a species. |
| Adaptations | A behavior or physical characteristics that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment. |
| Competition | The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources. |
| Mutualism | A relationship between two species enrich both species benefit. |
| Parasitism | a relationship between one organism lives on or in the host and harms it. |