Chapter 14 Vocab Crossword

all of the biotic and abiotic factors in the area an organism lives
composed of all of the physical, chemical, biological factors a species needs
when two organisms fight for the same limited resources
the process by which one organism captures and feeds upon another
a close ecological relationship between two or more organisms of different species living in direct contact of each other
an interspecies interaction in which both organisms benefit from one another
a relationship between two organisms in which one receives an ecological benefit from one another
a relationship similar to predation in that one organism benefits while the other is harmed
a measurement of the number of individuals living in a defined space
the way in which individuals of a population are spread in an area or a volume
a generalized diagram showing the number of surviving members over time from a measured set of births
the movement of individuals into a population from another population
the movement of individuals out of a population and into another
occurs when population size increases a lot over a period of time
when a population begins with a period of slow growth followed by a brief period of exponential growth
a dramatic decline in the size of a population over a short period of time