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WorksheetsPopulation Ecology Vocab ELearning
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A group of organisms of the same species in the same place at the same time.
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Individuals moving INTO a population from elsewhere.
Immigration
Emigration
Individuals moving OUT of a population.
Immigration
Emigration
Under ideal conditions with unlimited resources, a population will unchecked. This means that the larger the population gets, the faster it grows.
Exponential Growth
Logistic Growth
Population growth slows and stops due to growth limiting factors.
Logistic Growth
Exponential Growth
Maximum number of individuals an environment can support long term.
Carrying capacity
Exponential capacity
Limited capacity
Any factor that controls the growth of a population.
Limiting factor
Least common factor
Greatest common denominator
Limiting factors that operate strongly when the number of individuals in a population is high (disease, competition, parasitism, predation).
Density Dependent
Density Independent
Limiting factors that affect populations regardless of population size (storms, drought, fire, floods).
Density Dependent
Density Independent
What type of growth model most closely matches the data for the human population?
Exponential
Logistic
