Apes Unit 3 Vocabulary

A types of species that is very good a a specific thing, a long life span, and has few offspring.

A type of species that produces many offspring with short lifespans. Very wide range of survivability (No niches).

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The maximum reproductive rate of an organism, given unlimited resources and ideal environmental conditions

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A graph showing the number or proportion of individuals surviving to each age for a given species or group.

A species' average population size in a particular habitat. The species population size is limited by environmental factors like adequate food, shelter, water, and mates.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

The ability to produce an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertility

Also known as a population pyramid, this is a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a population.

The average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime.

The number of deaths under one year of age occurring among the live births in a given geographical area during a given year.

The idea that population growth is potentially exponential while the growth of the food supply or other resources is linear.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1