2.1 Study Guide

Question 1

Population

Answer 1

a particular section, group, or type of people or animals living in an area or country.

Question 2

Population Density

Answer 2

The number of organisms in a given area that can affect the population due to competition for resources, such as predation and spread of disease

Question 3

Population Distribution

Answer 3

Dispersal patterns within a population

Question 4

Clumped Spacing

Answer 4

Most common distribution, species do this because of resource location or social behavior

Question 5

Random Spacing

Answer 5

Independent of others, resources uniform, abundant resources

Question 6

Uniform Spacing

Answer 6

Scarce social interactions, territorial

Question 7

Calculate population density

Answer 7

Number of individuals, area or volume occupied

Question 8

Calculate Random Sampling

Answer 8

of organisms in sample/ area of sample = total # of organisms/ total area

Question 9

Calculate Mark and Recapture

Answer 9

of total organisms/ total marked = total # of recaptured/ # of recaptured with marks

Question 10

How can you predict density?

Answer 10

Distribution patterns