BY4 - Population Flashcards
Define the term birth rate
The reproductive capacity of the population
Define the term population
A group of organisms of a single species interbreeding and occupying a particular area
Define the term immigration
The movement of individuals into population
Define the term emigration
The movement of individuals out of a population
Define the term carrying capacity
The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources
Define the term density dependent factor
Factors that are dependent on the size of a population (food, toxic waste, parasitic infection, disease)
What is biotechnology
The industrial use of living organisms or their components to improve human health and food production
Define the term biotic
A factor whih makes up the living part of an environment
Define the term abiotic
A factor which makes up nonliving part of an environment
Define density independent factor
Factors that are not dependent on the size of a population (temperature, hurricanes, floods, typhoons)
