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Biology Wagaman
WCHS Wagaman Biology Chapter 4 words to know
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Linear growth | increasing by the same amount each time |
| Exponential growth | increasing by bigger and bigger amounts |
| Carrying capacity | The loargest number of organisms that an environment can hold indefinitely |
| Density-dependent factors | the effect increases when the population increases-disease, competition, predators, food |
| density-independent factors | affects populations regardless of the population size-aboitic factors and habitat disruption |
| Calculating growth | birthrate-deathrate=PGR |
| Postitive PGR | population increasing |
| Negative PGR | Population decreasing |
| Birth rate | number of live births per 1000 population in a year |
| Death rate | number of deaths per 1000 population in a year |
| doubling time | the time it takes for the population to double |
| age structure | the proportions of the population in different age levels (age structure graphs) |
| ecology | what resources do humans depend on |