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Ecological Dynamics: Population Interactions and Growth

Explore concepts like immigration, predation, carrying capacity, pioneer species, and more. Learn about niche dynamics, symbiosis, survivorship curves, and types of growth in populations.

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Ecological Dynamics: Population Interactions and Growth

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  1. VOCABULARY 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 3 pt 4 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 3 pt 5 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 5 pt 2 pt 4pt 2pt 2pt 4pt 1pt 5pt 1pt

  2. the movement of individuals into a population

  3. immigration

  4. when one organism captures and eats another

  5. predation

  6. maximum number of individuals of a certain species that an environment can normally support over time

  7. carrying capacity

  8. a factor that controls the size of a population

  9. limiting factor

  10. a species that is the first to live in a previously uninhabited area

  11. pioneer species

  12. an organism’s mating behavior is part of its.....

  13. niche

  14. Cougars often eat weakened or diseased animals. This description is part of its...

  15. niche

  16. ecological equivalents are...

  17. organisms with the same niche that live in different areas

  18. One outcome of competitive exclusion can be the division of the niche. This is known as...

  19. niche partitioning

  20. The red squirrel population is declining due to competition with the gray squirrel. What will most likely happen to the red squirrel population?

  21. extinction

  22. Brown bears hunting for fish along a river is what type of competition?

  23. intraspecific

  24. In mutualism, organism A benefits and organism B...

  25. benefits also

  26. Give an example of an endoparasite

  27. tapeworm- lives inside the host

  28. a close relationship between two different species of organism living in the same area is...

  29. symbiosis

  30. The difference between predation and parasitism is

  31. parasites keep the host alive longer

  32. The formula for calculating population density is

  33. # of individuals/ area (square meters...)

  34. The type of dispersion seen in a school of fish...

  35. clumped

  36. One reason organisms may be found in uniform dispersion...

  37. territoriality, limited resources to compete for

  38. An organism with a high risk of predation may lay excess eggs and not care for the offspring. This type of survivorship curve is called...

  39. type III

  40. The type of survivorship curve humans have

  41. type I

  42. The type of growth where a population increases very rapidly

  43. Exponential

  44. An exponential growth curve shows what shape?

  45. J-curve

  46. the type of population growth where growth is slow at first, increases exponentially for a short period of time, and then levels off again..

  47. logistic

  48. The leveling off seen at the top of a logistic growth curve is called the...

  49. carrying capacity

  50. List two examples of density-independent limiting factors

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