Princeton Review AP Environmental Science Hit Parade
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| 686574959 | Age Structure Pyramid | graphical representation of a population's ages | |
| 686574960 | Albedo | the fraction of solar energy that is reflected back into space | |
| 686574961 | Biotic Potential | the amount that the population would grow if there were unlimited resources in its environment | |
| 686574962 | Carrying Capacity | the maximum population size that can be supported by available resources in a region | |
| 686574963 | Demographic Transition Model | a model that's used to predict population trends based on the birth and death rates as well as economic status of a population | |
| 686574964 | Ecological Footprint | the amount of the earth's surface that's required to supply the needs of and dispose of the waste from a particular population | |
| 686574965 | Genetic Drift | the random fluctuations in the frequency of the appearance of a gene in a small isolated population, presumably owing to chance, rather than natural selection | |
| 686574966 | K-Selected | organisms that reproduce later in life, produce fewer offspring, and devote significant time and energy to the nurturing of their offspring | |
| 686574967 | Logistic Population Growth | when a population is well below the size dictated by the carrying capacity of its region, it will grow exponentially, but as it approaches the carrying capacity, its growth rate will decrease and the size of the population will eventually become stable | |
| 686574968 | R-Selected | organisms that reproduce early in life and often have a high capacity for reproductive growth |
