Population Ecology Flashcard

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The term ecologists use to describe the number of individuals moving away from a population is

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Emigration

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The term ecologists use to describe the number of individuals moving into a population is

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Immigration

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What is a population?

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All organisms of a species that live in the same area.

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Does the graph represent an exponential growth or logistic growth?

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Exponential Growth

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What type of growth is shown on this graph?

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Logistic

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What type of succession is shown going from figure A to figure B?

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secondary succession

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What is the order of succession shown in this figure? Options: A, B, C, D, B, A, D, C, C, D, A, B, D, A, B, C

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C, D, A, B

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The picture shows what type of succession?

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primary

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What are examples of pioneer species in a primary succession?

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Mossess and Lichens 

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What does the final illustration (#8) show?

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climax community