Biology Chapter 5: Populations

The term for the number of individuals per unit area is (a)  

• Age Structure
• Population Density
• Carrying Capacity
• Demography

Fill in the blank: The number of males and females of each age in a population is known as ____.

• Population Density

• Age Structure

• Demography

• Limiting Factor

What is the movement of individuals into a population called?

• A) Emigration

• B) Immigration

• C) Logistic Growth

• D) Exponential Growth

The movement of individuals out of an area is known as (a)   .

• A) Immigration
• B) Emigration
• C) Carrying Capacity
• D) Limiting Factor

Match the following growth patterns with their descriptions.

• Growth pattern where population growth slows as it reaches the carrying capacity.

• Carrying Capacity

• The maximum population size that an environment can sustain indefinitely.

• Density Dependent Factors

• Factors that affect population size in relation to the population's density.

• Logistic Growth

• Growth pattern where individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate.

• Exponential Growth

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Fill in the blank: A growth pattern where a population's growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth is called ____.

• Exponential Growth

• Logistic Growth

• Limiting Factor

• Demography

The largest number of individuals of a population that an environment can support is called (a)  

• Limiting Factor
• Carrying Capacity
• Population Density
• Age Structure

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Fill in the blank: A factor that controls the growth of a population is known as a ____.

• A) Carrying Capacity

• B) Limiting Factor

• C) Demography

• D) Age Structure

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What is a limiting factor that depends on population size called?

• Density Independent Factor

• Density Dependent Factor

• Exponential Growth

• Logistic Growth

Match the following terms with their definitions.

• Factors that affect population size based on the population density.

• A) Density Dependent Factor

• Factors that affect population size regardless of the population density.

• B) Density Independent Factor

• The maximum population size that an environment can sustain indefinitely.

• C) Carrying Capacity

• The distribution of individuals among different ages in a population.

• D) Age Structure