KC: Population Ecology

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Emigration

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the movement out of an area

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Why don't populations grow indefinitely?

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limiting factors

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What is an example of a density-independent (Abiotic) limiting factor?

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pollution

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What is the arrow pointing at?
Options: carrying capacity, biotic potential, density-independent, density dependent

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carrying capacity

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Parasites, disease, predators are examples of what type of limiting factors?

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Density dependent

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Carrying capacity

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The number of individuals an area can carry

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Which graph shows population size increasing quickly?

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One of the factors that can change the size of population is...

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Numbers of births

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The number of people in a defined area such as a square kilometre.

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population density

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If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

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It will stay the same.