Populations and Resources

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What is a sample?

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A small part that is meant to show what the whole is like.

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What does it mean to reproduce?

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To create new organisms.

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What is a dependent variable?

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The variable you'll observe and record; it's the result.

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Can a population size stay stable if organisms are born and die?

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Yes, if the same number of organisms are born as die, the total population size can stay constant.

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What is a consumer population?

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A population that eats organisms from another population.

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What is a producer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis.

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Define competition in ecological terms.

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The struggle between organisms for the same resources in an ecosystem.

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What is carrying capacity?

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The maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can support.

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment.