Ch. 21 7th Grade Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
biosphere | parts of the Earth and the atmosphere where there is life |
biotic potential | potential growth of a population in perfect conditions with no limiting factors |
carrying capacity | largest number of individuals of one species that an environment can support |
competition | struggle in a community for the same resources |
limiting factor | anything that restricts the size of a population |
population | all the organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time |
population density | size of a population compared to the amount of space available |
birthrate | number of offspring produced over a given time period |
death rate | number of individuals that die over a given time period |
endangered species | population that is at risk of extinction |
estimate | to determine roughly the size, nature, or extent of something |
exponential | mathematical expression that contains a constant raised to a power |
extinct species | population that has died out |
migration | instinctive seasonal movement of a population |
threatened species | population at risk but is not yet endangered |
commensalism | symbiotic relationship that benefits one species but does not harm or benefit the other |
consumer | organism that gets energy by eating other organisms |
habitat | place within an ecosystem where an organism lives |
mutualism | symbiotic relationship in which both partners benefit |
niche | what a species does in its habitat to survive |
parasitism | symbiotic relationship that benefits one species and harms the other |
predator | organism that gets energy from making its own food |
symbiosis | close, long-term relationship between two species that usually involves exchange of food and energy |
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