1. Reproduction- making babies
Reproduction- making babies. Maintains the population and continues your species

2. Exponential growth- growth in which the “rate of growth” rapidly increases over time.U L A T I N
Time

3. Limiting Factors- things in nature that control the size of a population.
Predators- animals that eat them
Food supply
Water supply
Space
Disease
Weather
Natural Disasters
Humans

4. density dependent factors- factors relating to number of organisms in the area
predation- one organism feeding on another
parasitism- something hurting another
disease- increases in greater population
competition - for food, space

5. Density independent factors- doesn't relate to population size
Natural disasters
Temperature
Oxygen content
Human Interference

6. Carrying Capacity- the total size of a population that can be maintained in an area over a period of time.
S Curve

7. Biotic Potential
the maximum amount of population growth possible under ideal
conditions in an ecosystem