Population

What does emigration mean?

• a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

• occurs when a population size increases dramatically over a period of time

• factors that are directly affected by the number of individuals in the area

• movement of individuals out of an area

What is exponential growth?

• occurs when a population size increases dramatically over a period of time

• movement of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

• factors that are directly affected by the number of individuals in the area

• group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

What is immigration?

• factors that have the same effect on any size population

• movement of individuals into a population

• the greatest size of population a particular environment can support

• occurs when a population growth slows or stops after a period of increase

What is immigration?

• factors that have the same effect on any size population

• movement of individuals into a population

• the greatest size of population a particular environment can support

• occurs when a population growth slows or stops after a period of increase

Which two are density-dependent factors?

• disease

• tornado

• competition

• flooding

Which two are density-independent factors?

• parasitism

• drought

• earthquake

• fishing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

True or False. If there are more births than deaths the population will decrease?

• True

• False

True or False. The World's Population is decreasing?

• True

• False

Is this graph an example of exponential growth or logistic growth?

• logistic growth

• exponential growth