APES Flashcards

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