Chapter 8 Flashcards
Population
All the inhabitants of a particular town
Density
Mass of a unit volume of a material substance
Dispersiom
The action or process of distributing things
Growth rate
The percentage change of a specific variable within a specific time period
Reproductive
relating to or effecting reproduction
Potential
having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future.
Exponential growth
growth whose rate becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size.
Carrying capacity
the number or quantity of people or things that can be conveyed or held by a vehicle or container.
Niche
a comfortable or suitable position in life or employment.
Competition
the activity or condition of competing.
Predation
the preying of one animal on others.
Parasitism
relationship between two species of plants or animals in which one benefits at the expense of the other, sometimes without killing the host organism.
Mutualism
the doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being.
Commensalism
an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.
Symbiosis
interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.
