Population Vocabulary Quiz

Also called population pyramids, show the distribution of age and sex in a population.

• Carrying Capacity

• Age Structure Diagrams

• Demographics

• Demographic Charts

Population

• the number of deaths during a given time period divided by the average population

• the number of newborn individuals added to a population in a given amount of time.

• the maximum population which an area can maintain indefinitely.

• all the individuals of a species that live together in one place at the same time

The number of newborn individuals added to a population in a given amount of time.

• Infant mortality

• Birthrate

• Lifespan

• Mortality Rate

Life Expectancy

• the number of deaths during a given time period divided by the average population

• the death of an infant before his or her first birthday. The infant mortality rate is the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births.

• the number of years on average to be lived as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities.

• the study of the vital statistics of a population and how they change over time.

The number of deaths during a given time period divided by the average population.

• the death of an infant before his or her first birthday. The infant mortality rate is the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births.

• Mortality Rate

• the maximum population which an area can maintain indefinitely.

• the length of time an organism can be expected to survive.

Infant Mortality

• the death of an infant before his or her first birthday. The infant mortality rate is the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births.

• The spike in infants named Mort.

• the number of deaths during a given time period divided by the average population.

• the number of years on average to be lived as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities.

The maximum population which an area can maintain indefinitely.

• Carrying Capacity

• Population

• Demographics

• Emigration

Exponential Growth

• When exponents multiply uncontrollably

• the study of the vital statistics of a population and how they change over time.

• the type of growth experienced by a population that increases at a rate proportional to its size. The larger the population gets, the faster it grows.

• the arrival of new individuals to a population or habitat.

Demographics

• the study of the vital statistics of a population and how they change over time.

• the way in which a species' population grow and shrink over time

• the maximum population which an area can maintain indefinitely.

• the length of time an organism can be expected to survive.

The movement of individuals out of a population.

• Demographic Transition

• Immigration

• Societal Issue

• Emigration