Carrying Capacity

3. Chain A hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.
5. Flow The transfer of energy through an ecosystem via food webs.
6. Movement of individuals out of a population.
8. Pertaining to living organisms in an ecosystem.
12. Factors Factors that affect population size regardless of density (e.g., natural disasters).
13. The preying of one animal on others.
14. Growth Growth whose rate becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size.
16. The natural home or environment of an organism.
19. Growth Population growth that is controlled by limited resources and reaches a plateau at carrying capacity.
20. The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

1. The interaction between organisms or species for limited resources.
2. Capacity The maximum number of individuals an environment can support without degradation.
4. Factors Factors whose effects on the size or growth of the population vary with the population density.
7. A group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area.
9. Factor A factor that limits the growth, abundance, or distribution of a population.
10. When a species' population exceeds the carrying capacity of its environment.
11. The role or function of an organism in an ecosystem.
15. Movement of individuals into a population.
17. Non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment.
18. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.