How Population Grows

Individuals of a population who exit an area.

• Immigration

• Emigration

Individuals of a population who move into an area.

• Immigration

• Emigration

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?

• It will increase

• It will decrease

• It will stay the same

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

• It will increase

• It will decrease

• It will stay the same

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What is the characteristic shape of a curve illustrating logistic growth?

• J-shaped

• U-shaped

• S-shaped

• L-shaped

An environmental factor such as storms and extreme heat or cold that affects population regardless of their density

• density- dependent factor

• density-independent factor

Any biotic or abiotic thing that controls the size of a population

• limiting factor

• density- dependent factor

• density- independent factor

What is the growth pattern in which a population's growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth; forms an S-shaped curve?

• logistic growth

• exponential growth

The average number of people living in an area

• population distribution

• population density

• population rate

What is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?

• 1.8 million
• 1.25 million
• 1.6 million
• 1.o million

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