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Science: Chapter 11-4
What are limiting factors?
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6th Grade
04/12/2008

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Term
What term means the conditions in the environment that puts limits on the size of a population can grow to?
Definition
limiting factor
Term
What term means the largest population size that can be supported by the available resources of an area?
Definition
carrying capacity
Term
What term means the area where a type of animal or plant population is found?
Definition
range
Term
What are 3 limiting factors of plants?
Definition
  1. water
  2. sunlight
  3. soil type
Term
Name 4 limiting factors of animals.
Definition
  1. temperature
  2. water
  3. food supply
  4. shelter
Term

What limits the size of

animal populations?

Definition

the number of green plants in

a community

Term
What happens when the size of a population becomes too large?
Definition
Some members must move or they will die from lack of resourses.
Term

What determines the size of a

population's range?

Definition
its limiting factors
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