Chapter 5 Populations Vocabulary Review Game

The number of males and females of each age in a population

• demographic transition

• demography

• population density

• age structure

The largest number of individuals of a particular species that a particular environment can support

• carrying capacity

• exponential growth

• logistic growth

• age structure

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The scientific study of human populations

• demographic transition

• population density

• age structure

• demography

Change in a population from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates

• emigration

• demographic transition

• immigration

• population density

The movement of individuals out of an area

• death rate

• birth rate

• immigration

• emigration

Growth pattern in which the individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate

• logistic growth

• exponential growth

• carrying capacity

• age structure

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The movement of individuals into an area occupied by an existing population

• immigration

• emigration

• birth rate

• death rate

Limiting factor that depends on population density

• density-independent limiting factor

• density-dependent limiting factor

• limiting factor

• demography

Limiting factor that affects all populations in similar ways

• density-independent limiting factor

• density-dependent limiting factor

• limiting factor

• demography

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Growth pattern in which a population's growth slows and then stops following a period of exponential growth

• exponential growth

• carrying capacity

• logistic growth

• population density