Unit 3 AP Envi Sci

Question 1

Population

Answer 1

A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area

Question 2

Affluence

Answer 2

wealth, more resources used per person

Question 3

Age Structure Diagram

Answer 3

a visual representation of the number of individuals within specific age groups for a country, typically expressed for males and females

Question 4

Biotic Potential

Answer 4

The maximum rate at which a population could increase under ideal conditions

Question 5

Carrying Capacity

Answer 5

Largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support

Question 6

Crude Birth Rate

Answer 6

The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.

Question 7

Crude Death Rate

Answer 7

The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.

Question 8

Clumped

Answer 8

the most common dispersion pattern for populations, individuals living in groups together

Question 9

Cohort

Answer 9

A population group unified by a specific common characteristic, such as age, and subsequently treated as a statistical unit.

Question 10

Corridor

Answer 10

strips of natural habitat that connect populations

Question 11

Community

Answer 11

All the different populations that live together in an area

Question 12

Demographic Transition Model

Answer 12

a model of how the size of a population changes as a country develops its economy

Question 13

Demography

Answer 13

The scientific study of population characteristics.

Question 14

Density Dependent Factors

Answer 14

factor that limits a population more as population density increases like competition, disease and predation