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Vocab
Chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The number of individuals per unit area | population density |
| The movement of individuals into an area | Immigration |
| The movement of individuals out of an area | Emigration |
| Occurs when the individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate | Exponential growth |
| Occurs when a population's growth slows or stops following a period of exponential growth | Logistic growth |
| Largest number of individuals of a population that a given environment can support | Carrying capacity |
| A factor that causes population growth to decrease | Limiting factor |
| A limiting factor that depends on population size | Density-dependent limiting factor |
| Mechanism of population control in which a population is regulated by prediction | Predator-prey relationship |
| Limiting factor that affects all populations in similar ways, regardless of population size | Density-independent limiting factor |
| The scientific study of human populations | Demography |
| A dramatic change in birth and death rates | Democratic transition |
| Graph of the numbers of males and females within different age groups of a population | Age-structure diagram |