Ch. 8

Question 1

population

Answer 1

is the set of individuals within a species living in the same place at the same time

Question 2

dispersion

Answer 2

describes the arrangement of its individuals in space

Question 3

growth rate

Answer 3

percentage of change in the size of population over a given period of time

Question 4

reproductive

potential

Answer 4

rate limited by the maximum number of offspring that each member of population can produce

Question 5

exponential growth

Answer 5

grow faster and faster

Question 6

carrying capacity

Answer 6

population size where birth rates and death rates are equal

Question 7

niche

Answer 7

range of conditions in which a species can survive

Question 8

competition

Answer 8

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

Question 9

predation

Answer 9

the interaction between prey and predator

Question 10

parasitism

Answer 10

relationship between parasite and its host

Question 11

mutualism

Answer 11

relationship where both organisms benefit

Question 12

commensalism

Answer 12

relationship where one organism benefit and the other is nether harmed or helped

Question 13

symbiosis

Answer 13

relationship where two organisms live in close association

Question 14

density

Answer 14

the number of individuals per unit area or volume