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| Limiting factors are factors that cause _______ to decrease. | population growth |
| What do we call factors that cause population growth to decrease? | Limiting factors |
| Limiting factors that operate strongly when the number of organisms per unit area (a.k.a. population density) reaches a certain level are called ______ limiting factors. | density-dependent |
| Limiting factors that affect all populations regardless of population size and density are called ______ limiting factors | density-independent |
| Competition would be classified as a ______ limiting factor. | density-dependent |
| Stress from overcrowding would be classified as a ______ limiting factor. | density-dependent |
| Parasitism would be classified as a ______ limiting factor. | density-dependent |
| Disease would be classified as a ______ limiting factor. | density-dependent |
| Predation would be classified as a ______ limiting factor. | density-dependent |
| Herbivory (the eating of plants by herbivores) would be classified as a ______ limiting factor. | density-dependent |
| Environmental extremes (including hurricanes, droughts, heat-waves, floods, or cold-snaps) would be classified as a ______ limiting factor. | density-independent |
| Natural disasters (including forest fires or volcanic eruptions) would be classified as a ______ limiting factor. | density-independent |
The population growth shown in the graph below often times describes that found in a(n) ________ .,  | predator-prey relationship,  |
