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COB Chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natality | birth rate of a population |
| Density Independent Limiting factor | anything in an ecosystem that limits all populations equally regardless of size |
| Density Dependent Limiting Factor | anything in an ecosystem that limits larger populations more than smaller populations |
| Limiting factor | any part of the environment that keeps a population from growing indefinitely |
| Tolerance | ability of an organism to survive when subjected to abiotic or biotic factors |
| Population density | the number of organisms that occupy an area at any given time |
| Carrying Capacity | the largest number of organisms an ecosystem can support indefinitely without degrading the ecosystem |
| Mortality | the death rate of a population |
| immigration | the rate at which organisms move into a population from another place |
| emigration | the rate at which organisms leave a population for another place |