Population Study Guide

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What is a population?

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a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

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Emigration is

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the movement out of an area

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What is the carrying capacity mean?

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The number of individuals an area can carry

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What is population density?

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Population divided by the total area.

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Birthrate is . . .

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the amount of people born / 1,000 people.

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Moving into a population’s range is called (Incoming)

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Immigration

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This is a graphic device that shows gender and age distribution of a population

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population pyramid

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These are factors that cause people to leave their homeland and migrate to another region

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push factor

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These are factors that draw or attract people to another location

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pull factor

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What does the whole right side of the population pyramid represent?

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Females