Across
- 3. the potential for a species to produce offspring in their lifetime
- 5. the movement of individuals into a population
- 6. a situation in which the death and birth rates are in equilibrium
- 7. competition between members of the same population for resources
- 9. an organism feeds on a plant
- 12. the study of characteristics of populations
- 15. the parasite benefits from the host and reduces the host's fitness
- 17. the relationship is mutually beneficial
- 19. the birth rate
- 20. a group of individuals of similar ages
Down
- 1. a pattern of population growth in which organisms reproduce continuously at a constant rate
- 2. competition between members of different species
- 4. the movement of individuals out of a population
- 8. one organism receives benefits from the other without damaging it
- 10. mimicry where a harmless organism resembles a harmful organism
- 11. an organism feeds on another organism
- 13. the death rate
- 14. mimicry of the environment
- 16. mimicry where two or more harmful organisms resemble one another.
- 18. a model of population growth that levels off as the size of a population reaches K