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Standard 5A: Succession and Population Growth
success and pop growth
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Science
9th Grade
06/19/2012

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Succession
Definition
The replacement of one community by another
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Primary succession
Definition
Succession that starts from bare rock
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Climax community
Definition
A stable, mature community that undergoes little or no succession
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Carrying capacity
Definition
The number of organisms of one species that an environment can support
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Exponential
Definition
A population that grows larger and larger as it grows
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Pioneer species
Definition
The first community in an area is called
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Secondary succession
Definition
Succession that happens in an area where there has already been a community
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Limiting factors
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Factors that determine whether or not an organism can live in a particular environment
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Logistic growth
Definition
Population growth that levels off is called
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Density dependent factors
Definition
Factors that have more of an effect with increasing populations
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Density independent factors
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Factors that have the same effect regardless of population size
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r strategists
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Reproduce rapidly and have many offspring
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k strategists
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Reproduce slowly and have few offspring
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