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emigration means leaving or exiting a population
limiting factors The number of individuals in an area of a specific size
Population Density An environmental factor that causes a population to stop growing or decrease in size.
Carrying Capacity The largest population that an area can support.
Niche The role of an organism in its habitat is called a niche
Competition Competition is a relationship between organisms in which one is harmed when both are trying to use the same resource related to growth, reproduction, or survivability.
Cooperation When members of the same species work or act together for a common purpose or benefit
Predation An interaction in which one organism kills another for food or nutrients is called predation
Predator The organism that does the killing is called the predator
Prey an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food.
immigration means moving into a population
Symbiosis Symbiosis is an ecological relationship between two species that live in close proximity to each other.
Mutualism Symbiosis where both species benefit
Commensalism Symbiosis where one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
Parasitism Symbiosis where one species benefits and the other is harmed. The parasite benefits the host is harmed.
parasite an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense.
host an animal or plant on or in which a parasite or commensal organism lives.
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