Chapter 8 Key Terms

Question 1

Population

Answer 1

Set of individuals within a species living in the same place at the same time.

Question 2

Density

Answer 2

Number of individuals per unit area or volume

Question 3

Dispersion

Answer 3

describes the arrangement of it’s individuals in space.

Question 4

Growth Rate

Answer 4

Birth rate minus the death rate

Question 5

Reproductive Potential

Answer 5

Number of offspring each member of the population can produce

Question 6

Exponential Growth

Answer 6

Grow faster and faster

Question 7

Carrying capacity

Answer 7

population size in which birth rates and death rates are equal

Question 8

Niche

Answer 8

range of conditions in which a species can survive

Question 9

Competition

Answer 9

Relationship in which different individuals or populations attempt to use the same limited resource

Question 10

Predation

Answer 10

When An organism that feeds on another organism is called a predator and the organism that is fed upon the prey

Question 11

Parasitism

Answer 11

Relationship between the parasite and its host

Question 12

Mutualism

Answer 12

When species provide a benefit to eachother

Question 13

Commensalism

Answer 13

When one species benefits from the relationship while the other is not harmed or helped

Question 14

Symbiosis

Answer 14

Relationship in which two species live in close association