EVS Ch 4 Vocabulary

1. The maximum ability to produce offspring in ideal conditions
3. Graph that shows how the likelihood of death varies with age
6. group of organisms that interbreed and produce fertile offspring
8. all living things and their physical environment living in a specific area
9. describes the relative numbers of organisms of each age within a population
13. The number of individuals within a population per unit area
15. A characteristic of the environment that limits population growth
16. How organisms are arranged within an area
17. The number of individual organisms present in a given population at a given time
19. When a population increases by a fixed percentage each year
20. The largest population size a given environment can sustainably support

2. The arrival of individuals from outside a given area
4. The departure of individuals from a given area
5. all populations in a specific area
7. members of a species that live in the same area
10. place where an organism lives
11. A population's proportion of males to females
12. A seasonal movement into and out of an area
14. How a population's initial exponential increase is slowed and finally stopped by limiting factors
18. The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment