| A | B |
|---|
| reproductive potential | maximum number each member of a population can produce |
| dispersion | location of people in an area;how a population's individual's are spaced, spread out or distributed |
| density | number of individuals per unit area (ie: 12 people per square mile) |
| niche | role of a species in ecosystem; pattern of use of its habitat |
| population | All members of a species living in the same place at the same time (ie: population of Louisa is 29,000) |
| symbiosis | any relationship between two organisms that live in close proximity to one another |
| carrying capacity | maximum population an ecosystem can support indefinitely |
| commensalisms | relationship where one species benefits & other is neither hurt or helped (bird building a nest) |
| competition | different individuals/populations use same limited resource (Fox and coyote eat the same prey) |
| mutualism | relationship where both species benefit (bees & flowers; a bird eating bugs off a rhino) |
| parasitism | relationship where one lives off another (tick, flea, lice) |
| predation | relationship where a predator hunts and eats prey (snake and mouse) |
