Population Vocbulary

Question 0

Intrinsic rate of increase (r)

Answer 0

The rate at which the population would grow if it had unlimited resources

Question 1

Environmental Resistance

Answer 1

The combination of all factors that act to limit the growth of a population

Question 2

Logistic growth

Answer 2

Involves rapid growth followed by a steady decrease in population growth until the population size levels off

Question 3

Population density

Answer 3

Is the number of individuals in a population found in a particular area or volume.

Question 4

Population dynamics

Answer 4

The study or how factors such as distribution, numbers, age structure, and density change in response in environmental conditions.

Question 5

R-selected species

Answer 5

A species that reproduces early in life with a high reproductive rate with a short life span.
R- roach- cockroach- insect- r selected

Question 6

K-selected species

Answer 6

Species that tend to reproduce later in life with a small number of offspring and longer life span

Question 7

Resilience

Answer 7

The ability of a living system to be restored through secondary succession after moderate disturbance.

Question 8

Resource partitioning

Answer 8

When species are competing for similar scarce resources evolve specialized traits that allow them to use shared resources at different times, ways, or places.

Question 9

Tipping point

Answer 9

Limits to the stresses the ecosystems and the global systems such as the climate can take. Additional stress can cause in abrupt and usually irreversible way that often involves collapse.