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age structure   the classification of members of a population into groups according to age or the distribution of members of a population in terms of age  
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agricultural revolution   the change from a hunting and gathering society to an agricultural society that began about 10,000 years ago  
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birth rate   the number of births that occur in a period of time in a given area  
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carrying capacity   the largest population that an environment can support at any given time  
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death rate   the number of deaths that occur in a period of time in a given area  
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density- independent factor   a variable that affects a population regardless of the population density such as climate  
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density- dependent factor   a variable that affected by the number of organisms present in a given area  
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developed country   a modern industrialized country in which people are generally better educated and healthier and live longer than people in developing countries do  
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developing country   a country in which the society is less modern and less industrialized and in which inhabitants are generally poorer than they are in developed countries  
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demographic transition   the general pattern of demographic change from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as observed in the history of more developed countries  
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emigration   the movement of a group of people or individuals out of an area  
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exponential model   a model of population growth in which a constant and unlimited growth rate results in geometric increases in population size  
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growth rate   an expression of the increase in the size of an organism or population over a given period of time  
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hunter gatherer lifestyle   a way of life in which people obtain their food by hunting and gathering wild animals and plants  
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dispersion   in ecology the pattern of distribution of organisms in a population  
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immigration   the movement of an individual or group into an area  
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interbreeding   the crossing or mating of plants or animals with close relatives  
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life expectancy   the average length of time that an individual is expected to live  
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limiting factor   an environmental factor that prevents an organism or population from reaching its full potential or distribution or activity  
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logistic model   a model of population growth that assumes that finite resource levels limit population growth  
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population   a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area and interbreed  
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population density   the number of individuals of the same species that live in a given unit of area  
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survivorship curve   a graph of the mortality data of a population; indicates the probability that individuals will survive to any given age  
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