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Chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ecology | the study of how organisms react with eachopther and the environment |
| species | a group of individuals that interbreeds and produce fertile offspring |
| population | Members of a species that live together in an environment |
| Community | All of the population in a particular area |
| ecosystem | includes all of the living things and their physical environments within a particular area |
| biosphere | includes all parts of earth that hosts life |
| biotic factors | parts of an ecosystem that are living or used to be living |
| abiotic facotrs | parts of an ecosystem that are non living |
| habitat | the specific environment in which and organism lives in |
| resources | anything an organism needs including shelter, mates, food, water |
| Population size | describes the number of individual organisms present in a given environment in a specific time |
| Population density | describes the number of individuals within a popular per unit area |
| Population distributing | described how organisms are arranged in that area |
| Age structure | describes the relative number of and organism of each age within the population |
| age structure diagram | visual tools scientist use to show the age structures of population |
| sex ratio | proportion of males to females |
| survivor ship curves | age differences |
| Immigration | the arrival of individuals from outside a given area |
| Emigration | the departure of individuals from a given area |
| Migration | seasonal movement into and out of every area |
| expotential growth | population increases by a fixed percentage each year |
| limiting factors | characteristics of the environment that limits population growth |
| Carrying capacity | the largest population size a given enviromental can sustaably support |
| Logistic growth | describes how a populations initial exponential increase is slowed and finally topped by limiting factors |
| density dependent factor | limiting factors who infuential is not affected by population density |
| biotic potential | maximiom ability to produce offspring in ideal condition |