5.1 Vocab Flashcards
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Population Density
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the number of individuals per unit area
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Age structure
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the number of males and females of each age a population contains
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Immigration
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a processes where individuals move into its range from elsewhere
4
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Emigration
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a processes where individuals move out of the population’s range
5
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Exponential growth
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occurs under ideal conditions where the size of each generation of offspring will be larger than the generation before it- the larger a population gets the faster it grows
6
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Logistic growth
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occurs when a population’s growth slows and then stops, following a period of exponential growth
7
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Carrying capacity
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the maximum number of individuals of a particular species that a particular environment can support
