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12 Cards in this Set
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Population |
A group of individuals all belong to the same species and living in the same area |
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Dispersion |
How evenly individuals are distributed in an area |
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Survivorship Curve |
Shows expected mortality rates of members of a population of their potential lifespan |
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Type 1 Curve |
Characteristics of species that have few young invest a lot of energy came from |
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Type 2 Curve |
Describes the population in which the members have more or less the same chance of dying regardless of age |
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Type 3 Curve |
Characteristics of species have produced large numbers of offspring most of which die before reaching maturity |
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Community |
Is made up of all the populations living in one area |
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Ecosystem |
Includes all the organisms in a certain area their relationships as a community, and the abiotic facts that make up their physical environments |
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Abiotic Factors |
Nonliving environmental features including water wind sunlight temperature and humidity |
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Habitat |
Area where an organism usually lives |
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Biosphere |
Consist of global systems or all the areas of the earth containing living things |
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Limiting factors |
Factors that prevent a population from going to at biotic potential these can be density-dependent becoming worse is population increases or density independent of crime without regard to population |
