largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support limiting factors that act in proportion to how dense the population has become Limiting factor that affects all populations in similiar ways, regardless of population size

1. carrying capacity

largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support

2. density-dependent limiting factors

limiting factors that act in proportion to how dense the population has become

3. density- independent limiting factors

Limiting factor that affects all populations in similiar ways, regardless of population size.

4. symbiosis

relationship in which two species live closely together

5. competition

the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources

6. commensalism

the relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it

7. mutualism

symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship

8. parasitism

the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)

9. indirect competition

when two species have two different predators

10. biodiversity

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole)