APES Unit 3

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Factors that affect a population depending on its size.

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Density-Dependent factors include food availability, predation, parasitism, and disease.

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Organisms adapted to narrow habitats, limited food resources, or other specific environmental conditions.

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Specialist organisms are highly adapted to specific environments.

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When a population has unlimited resources and continues to grow to its full living potential, it is called:

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Biotic potential.

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What describes the birth and death rate of Stage 3 of the Demographic Transition Model (DTM)?

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Both the birth rate and death rate are decreasing.

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In Stage 4, the Population Pyramid looks like:

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A rectangular shape, indicating low birth and death rates.

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What are Density-Independent factors?

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Factors that affect population size regardless of its density, such as natural disasters and climate.

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Define carrying capacity.

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The maximum population size that an environment can sustain indefinitely.

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What is the difference between a specialist and a generalist species?

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Specialists thrive in specific environments, while generalists can adapt to a wide range of environments.

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What is the significance of the logistic growth model?

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It describes how populations grow rapidly at first and then slow down as they approach carrying capacity.

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What is the role of keystone species in an ecosystem?

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Keystone species have a disproportionately large effect on their environment relative to their abundance.

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