Population dynamics

when individuals join a population

• Aliens
• migration
• Immigration
• Emigration

A population is 

• a group of communities that exist in different places
• a group of organisms of one species that lives in the same area at the same time
• a group of people that populate one place at the same time on different planets
• a group of communities of one species that lives in the same area at the same time

Carrying Capacity is

• the capacity of what one person can carry per day 
• how many animals you have in your daily bag limit at the end of the year
• wildebeest at a watering hole with zebras
• the maximum number of individuals that the environment can support

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What are two ways in which the environment can influence population size?

• competition and natural disasters
• biomes and ecosystems
• communities/populations
• niche/habitat

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The study of human populations and population trends is called:

• family planning
• demography 
• gross domestic product
• population pyramid

How can a population grow?

• Emigration and death
• Immigration and death
• Immigration and birth
• Emigration and birth

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Frequent hurricanes would be an example of what type of limiting factor?

• secondary
• primary
• density-independent
• density-dependent

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A disease outbreak would be an example of what type of limiting factor?

• secondary
• primary
• density-independent
• density-dependent

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This shows ___ growth (J-Shaped curve)

• exponential
• logistic
• linear
• inverse

What are the two ways a population decreases in size?

• fertility rate / birth rate
• Death rate / emigration 
• Birthrate / immigration
• deathrate / immigration

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