Vocabulary Practice - Chapter 2: Populations

Front

What term describes the number of individuals per unit area?

Back

Population density

Front

What is the term for the way individuals are spaced out across their range?

Back

Population distribution

Front

Term that refers to the number of males and females of each age in a population.

Back

Age structure

Front

What is the movement of individuals into an area occupied by an existing population called?

Back

Immigration

Front

What is the movement of individuals out of an area called?

Back

Emigration

Front

Which growth pattern occurs when individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate?

Back

Exponential growth

Front

What is the growth pattern called in which a population’s growth slows and then stops after a period of rapid increase?

Back

Logistic growth

Front

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

Back

Carrying capacity

Front

What do we call a factor that causes population growth to decrease?

Back

Limiting factor

Front

Which type of limiting factor depends on population density?

Back

Density-dependent limiting factor