Ecology

3. Environmental factors that restrict population growth (e.g., food, water, space, disease, predation)
6. The study of life and living organisms.
8. A large region characterized by climate, vegetation, and animal life.
10. Population growth that slows as resources become limited, forming an S-shaped curve.
11. Growth Population increases rapidly under ideal conditions, forming a J-shaped curve.
12. A community plus its nonliving environment.

1. A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area.
2. The maximum population size an environment can sustain over time without degrading resources.
4. A branch of biology that studies how organisms interact with each other and their environment.
5. All populations of different species living together in the same area.
7. All life on Earth and the environments that support it.
9. A single living individual.