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People and the Env.
Ch 6.1
Term | Definition |
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world population | the total number of people on Earth |
growth rate | the rate at which a population is increasing or decreasing |
migration | a large movement of people from one place to another |
exponential growth | growth that increases by larger and larger amounts |
j-curve | a J-shaped curve |
carrying capacity | the largest number of living things an area can support |
death rate | the number of deaths per 1,000 people in a given year |
birth rate | the number of births per 1,000 people in a given year |