Ch 5 Vocabulary: Populations

What is the definition of geographic range?

• The number of individuals per unit area

• The area inhabited by a population

• The movement of individuals into an area

• The largest number of individuals that an environment can support

What determines whether the size of a population stays the same, increases, or decreases over time?

• Geographic range

• Population density

• Growth rate

• Age structure

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the term for the number of males and females of each age in a population?

• Geographic range

• Population density

• Growth rate

• Age structure

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

• Immigration

• Emigration

• Exponential growth

• Logistical growth

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

• Carrying capacity

• Limiting factor

• Density-dependent factor

• Density-independent factor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the term for the movement of individuals out of an area occupied by an existing population?

• Emigration

• Immigration

• Exponential growth

• Logistical growth

What is the term for the number of individuals per unit area?

• Geographic range

• Population density

• Growth rate

• Age structure

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

• Carrying capacity

• Limiting factor

• Density-dependent factor

• Density-independent factor

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

growth pattern in which the individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate

• logistic growth

• exponential growth

growth pattern in which a population's growth slows and then stops following a period of exponential growth

• logistical growth

• exponential growth