Population Ecology

Groups with in a species and how they live together within one geographic area

• population ecology

• community ecology

• ecosystem ecology

• biosphere ecology

a group of one species that interact with one another

• community

• ecosystem

• population

• species

what affects population density

• emigration

• immigration

• birth and death rate

• all of the above

Factors that keep growth of populations in check

• losing factors

• limiting factors

• winning factors

• ipso facto

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

food, shelter, mates are examples of

• limiting factors

• winning factors

• losing factors

• ipso facto

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

density dependent limiting factors include

• shelter

• food

• mates

• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

density independent limiting factors include

• fire

• flood

• earthquake

• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

the maximum rate at which a population can grow

• carrying capacity

• limiting capacity

• carrying cell

• limiting cell

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-1

growth grows proportional to the rate of the size of the population

• logistic growth

• exponential growth

• logistic capacity

• exponential capacity

population is limited to the carrying capacity of its habitat

• logistic growth

• exponential growth

• logistic capacity

• exponential capacity