chloe has chronic renal failure. her kidneys do not properly filter metabolic wastes from her blood. without regular treatment, harmful wastes would quickly build up in her body. chloe must go three times a week to a clinic to receive , which is a procedure in which a machine effectively replaces the function that her kidneys would perform if they were healthy.

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