| A | B |
|---|
| immigration | movement of individuals into a population |
| emigration | movement of individuals out of a populations |
| exponential growth | dramatic increase in population over a short period of time |
| logistic growth | population growth that is characterized by a period of slow growth, followed by a period of exponential growth, followed by another period of almost no growth |
| carrying capacity | number of individuals that the resources of an environment can normally and persistently support |
| population crash | dramatic decline in the size of a population over a short period of time |
| limiting factor | environmental factor that limits the growth and size of a population |
| density-dependent limiting factor | environmental resistance that affects a population that has become overly crowded |
| density-independent limiting factor | environmental resistance that affects a population regardless of population density |
