If Mr. Lynch wanted to find out how well a new type of fertilizer worked on his Avocado trees, how might you design an experiment to show him? Please include dependent and independent variables,
control variables and experimental groups.

Match the following terms and definitions. 1. species that are adapted to live in equilibrium at carrying capacity population density 2. population growth that reaches equilibrium and carrying capacity population 3. death rate mortality 4. birth rate k-selected 5. a group of interacting individuals of the same species within the same geographic area natality 6. the number of organisms living in a particular area logistic growth