Population Growth

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What happens to the population if the number of births is the same as the number of deaths?

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The population will stay the same.

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What happens to the population if the number of births is greater than the number of deaths?

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The population will increase.

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What type of growth occurs when there are unlimited resources?

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Exponential growth.

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What is the largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support?

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Carrying capacity.

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What growth pattern describes a population whose growth rate slows or stops after exponential growth?

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Logistic growth.

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What is population growth?

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The increase in the number of individuals in a population.

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What is a birth rate?

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The number of live births per 1,000 people in a year.

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What is a death rate?

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The number of deaths per 1,000 people in a year.

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What is carrying capacity?

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The maximum population size that an environment can sustain.

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What does logistic growth look like on a graph?

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It starts with a steep increase and then levels off.