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Essentials Env Science

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What's an example of a population?   All the maple trees in a forest  
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What organism has the highest reproductive potential?   bacteria  
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What describes the number of individuals per unit of area?   density of a population  
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What would most likely cause a large number of density-independent deaths in a population?   winter storm  
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What has the greatest effect on reproductive potential?   reproducing earlier in life  
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What is the carrying capacity of an environment for a particular species at a particular time determined by?   the supply of available resources  
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A population's _________ is usually described as even, clumped, or random   dispersion  
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The maximum number of offspring that each member of a population can produce is the population's ________________   reproductive potential  
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The _________ of an ecosystem for a particular species is the maximum population that the ecosystem can support indefinitely.   carrying capacity  
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The amount of food available for wolves in an area determines the ecosystem's carrying capacity for wolves and is an ______ resource for wolves   independent  
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Deaths that are caused by a disease spreading through a population are density ______   dependent  
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A population's growth rate is its ________ rate minus its _____ rate.   birth; death  
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A population has a ____ growth rate when the death rate is higher than the birth rate.   negative  
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If a pair of mice finds a place to live with plenty of food and no predators, the population of mice will probably undergo ________ growth.   positive  
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What is one of the main properties used to describe a population?   number of species  
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Professionals who study and make predictions about human populations are called _______   demographers  
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the 1991 cholera outbreak in Lime, Peru was caused by ______   lack of clean water  
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What is a reason that wood is considered a limited resource in many developing countries?   fuelwood allows people to purify their water by boiling it  
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Countries with high growth rates usually have an age structure that has _________   more younger people  
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What would cause a population to decrease in a region?   increased emigration; decreased fertility rate, decreased survivorship  
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An increase in population could result from increased birth rate, _______, or immigration.   life expectancy  
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The ___________ is the average number of children each parent much have in order to replace themselves in a population.   replacement level  
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A shortage of ______ can decrease the food supply available to a growing population.   arable land  
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The study of human population patterns is called ___________   demography  
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The percentage of members of a group that are likely to survive to any given age is called _______________________   survivorship  
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A population with high fertility will have an age structure with a higher percentage of ____ people.   young.  
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Countries experiencing the greatest population growth are most likely to those going through an __________ revolution.   industrial  
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Wealthy, developed countries such as Japan and Germany are in the _______ _revolution where the population size begins to decline.   post-industrial  
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_____ reproductive patterns are best described by a large number of small offspring with no parental care.   r  
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______ reproductive patterns are best described by larger and fewer offspring with invested parental care.   K  
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