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14 Cards in this Set
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Characteristics of __________
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Population
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______________ - number of individuals in a population.
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Population size
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Number of individuals in a particular area is the ____________
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Population density
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Population _______ - how organisms are arranged in an area
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spacing
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______ spaced - consistent distance between organisms.
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evenly
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________ spaced - individual location is independent of other individuals' locations.
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randomly
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_______ spacing - organisms group together (ex: wolf packs, ant colony, bird flocks)
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clumbed
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A biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the size of a population is called _________
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limiting factor
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___________ - the maximum population size that can live in an environment over time.
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carrying capacity
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__________ - the size a population could reach if no limiting factors stopped its growth.
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Biotic potential
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Cycles of matter - matter that makes up living organisms, such as water, carbon, and nitorgen, _______ through the environment
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recycle
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Processes of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation make up the __________
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water cycle
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Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and other elements needed by living organisms move through Earth's ___________
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biosphere
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_____________: organisms that take in and use energy from the sun or some other source to produce food.
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Producers.
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