Limiting factors

Density-Dependent Limiting Factors

Things that limit a population of organisms and are dependent on the numbers of organisms

Density-Independent Limiting Factor 

Things that limit a population of organisms and are NOT dependent on the number of organisms

Biotic Factors

The part of a specific environment that are living

Abiotic Factors

The parts of a specific environment that are not living

Predator/Prey

Predators are consumers that eat other animals which are called prey

Parasitism

A density dependent limiting factor where one organisms lives on or in another organism.

Carrying capacity

The maximum amount of organisms an environment can hold calculated by using the average maximum.

linear growth 

Growth where the population increases by the same amount every time period (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12,)

Exponential growth 

growth where the population increases more and more every time period. 

biomass

the mass (weight) of living organisms