1. | physical, chemical, and biological factors that a species needs to survive stay healthy and reproduce |
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2. | relationship between two organism in which one benefits and one is harmed |
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3. | fighting for the same limited resources |
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4. | the maximum number of individuals that an environment can support |
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5. | a close relationship between two or more organisms of different species that live in close proximity |
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6. | relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and one does not |
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7. | dramatic decline in the size of a population over a short period of time |
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8. | the factor that has the greatest effect in keeping down the size of the population |
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9. | first organisms that live in a previously uninhabited area |
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10. | sequence of biotic changes that create a community in a previously uninhabited area |
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11. | the process by which one organism captures and feeds on another organism |
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12. | reestablishment of a damaged ecosystem in an area where the soil is left intact |
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13. | biotic and abiotic factors in the area where an organism lives |
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14. | establishment of an ecosystem in a previously uninhabited area |
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15. | movement of individuals into a population from another population |
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16. | species that occupy similar niches but live in different regions |
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17. | interspecies interaction in which both species interact |
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18. | diagram showing the number of surviving members over time from a measured set of births |
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19. | the way in which individuals of a population are spread in an area or volume |
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20. | the aspects of the environment that limit a population's growth regardless of the density of the population. |
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21. | limiting factors that are affected by the number of individuals in a given area |
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22. | measurement of the number of individuals living in a defined space |
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23. | when a population increases over a period of time |
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24. | population begins with slow growth followed by exponential growth then stabilizing |
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25. | one species better suited to the niche than the other |
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26. | movement of individuals out of a population and into another population |
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