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Population D/E
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| population | group of organisms of the same species that occupy the same geographic place at the same time |
| parasitism | symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits at the expense of another organism |
| competition | ecological relationship in which two organisms attempt to obtain the same resource |
| predation | process by which one organism hunts and kills another organism for food |
| commensalism | ecological relationship in which one species receives a benefit but other species is not affected one way or another |
| mutualism | ecological relationship between two species in which each species gets a benefit from the interaction |
| limiting factor | environmental factor that limits the growth and size of population |
| carrying capacity | number of individuals that the resources of an environment can normally and persistently support |
| punctuated equilibrium | theory that states that speciation occurs suddenly and rapidly followed by long periods of little evolutionary change |
| gradualism | principle that states that the changes in landforms result from show changes over a long period of time |
| evolution | change in species over time; process of biological change by which descendants come to differ form ancestors |
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