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Chapter 21
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biosphere | The parts of the Earth and the surrounding atmosphere where there's life. |
| Community | Population of different species that all live together. |
| Population | All the organisms of the same species that live in the same space at the same time. |
| Competition | The demand for resources such as water, food, and shelter. |
| Limiting Factor | Anything that restricts the size of a population. |
| Population Density | The size of a population compared to the amount of space available. |
| Biotic Potentional | The potential growth of a population if it could grow with perfect conditions with no limiting factors. |
| Carrying Capacity | The largest number of individuals of one species that an environment can support. |
| Birth Rate | The number of offspring produced over a time period. |
| Death Rate | The number of people that die over the same time period as the birth rate. |
| Extinct Species | A species that has completely died out and there is nobody left. |
| Endangered Species | A species whose population is at a severe risk to be extinct. |
| Threatened Species | A species whose population is at risk to be endangered but not quite yet. |
| Migration | The instinctive seasonal movement of a population of organisms to one place to another. |
| Habitat | The place where an organism lives. |
| Niche | What an organism does in it's ecosystem to survive. |
| Producers | Organisms who produce their own food. |
| Consumers | Organisms who get energy by consuming other organisms. |
| Symbiosis | The long-term exchange of energy between two organisms. |
| Mutualism | A relationship where two organisms benefit |
| Commensalism | A relationship where one organism benefits but the other is not benefiting nor being affected. |
| Parasitism | A relationship where one organism benefits but the other is harmed. |