7631238033 | population density | Number of individuals per unit area | 0 | |
7631238034 | clumped dispersion | A dispersion pattern in which individuals are grouped together. | 1 | |
7631238035 | random dispersion | Random spacing of individuals of the same species within an area. | 2 | |
7631238036 | uniform dispersion | The pattern in which individuals are equally spaced throughout a habitat. | 3 | |
7631238037 | biotic potential | The maximum rate at which a population could increase under ideal conditions | 4 | |
7631238038 | carrying capacity | Largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support | 5 | |
7631238039 | logistic population growth | Population growth that levels off as population size approaches carrying capacity. | 6 | |
7631238040 | Rule of 70 | Way to measure years it would take for a populationg to double | 7 | |
7631238041 | R-selected species | Production of numerous offspring followed by exponential pop growth | 8 | |
7631238042 | K-selected species | Stable pop produce relatively low offspring | 9 | |
7631238043 | Boom-and-Bust cycle | Process of economic expansion and contraction that occurs repeatedly | 10 | |
7631238044 | Predator prey cycle | An interaction between two organisms of unlike species in which one of them access a predator that captures and feeds on the other organism that serves us pray | 11 | |
7631238045 | Density dependent factors | factor that limits a population more as population density increases | 12 | |
7631238046 | Density independent factors | factor unrelated to population density that limits a population | 13 | |
7631238047 | crude birth rate | The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society. | 14 | |
7631238048 | crude death rate | The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society. | 15 | |
7631238049 | Emigration | Migration from a location | 16 | |
7631238050 | Immigration | Migration to a new location | 17 | |
7631238051 | total fertility rate | The average number of children born to a woman during her childbearing years. | 18 | |
7631238052 | replacement birth rate | the number of children a couple must have in order to replace themselves in a population. | 19 | |
7631238053 | age structure pyramids | graphical representations of populations' ages. | 20 | |
7631238054 | demographic transition | change in a population from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates | 21 | |
7631238055 | environmental resistance | The combination of all factors that act to limit the growth of a population. | 22 | |
7631238056 | Food desert | An area in a developed country where healthy food is difficult to obtain | 23 | |
7631238057 | Malnutrition | faulty or inadequate diet | 24 | |
7631238058 | Macronutrients | elements required in large amounts by all life | 25 | |
7631238059 | Megacity | a great city that is made up of several large and small cities | 26 | |
7631238060 | Micronutrients | Substances required by the body in very small amounts, such as vitamins and minerals. | 27 | |
7631238061 | undernourished | not sufficiently fed | 28 | |
7631238062 | Second harvest | Regrowth of a crop after harvesting earlier in the season | 29 | |
7631238063 | suburbs | Residential areas surrounding a city | 30 | |
7631238064 | urban sprawl | the unplanned and uncontrolled spreading of cities into surrounding regions | 31 | |
7631238065 | ecological footprint | a measure of human impact on Earth's ecosystems | 32 |
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